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UNITED STATES v. COVINGTON

Nos. 81-1508, 82-141.

459 A.2d 1067 (1983)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. William H. COVINGTON, Appellee. William H. COVINGTON, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 5, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Michael Hannon, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant in No. 81-1508.

Helen Pitts Miller, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for William H. Covington.

Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee in No. 82-141.

Before MACK and PRYOR, Associate Judges, and KELLY, Associate Judge, Retired.

KELLY, Associate Judge, Retired:

Following Covington's conviction for possession of implements of crime, i.e., narcotics paraphernalia, D.C.Code § 22-3601 (1981),1 and reckless driving, D.C.Code § 40-712(b) (1981), the trial court granted his post-verdict motion for judgment of acquittal on the possession charge and vacated the jury's verdict on that count.2 The United States appeals.

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