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TOWNSEND v. U.S.

No. 83-1267.

512 A.2d 994 (1986)

Donald TOWNSEND, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jefferson M. Gray, with whom Robert L. Weinberg, Washington, D.C., was on briefs, for appellant.

Mary Ellen Abrecht, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell and Barry M. Tapp, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before NEBEKER, BELSON, and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

BELSON, Associate Judge:

Donald Townsend was convicted of first-degree felony murder, attempted robbery while armed, and carrying a pistol without a license. On appeal, he asserts that (1) the passage of nearly 13 months between his arrest and trial violated his right to a speedy trial, (2) the prosecutor failed to correct an inaccurate statement of a government witness, and misled the jury when he said a key witness had derived no benefit from cooperating with the...

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