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ALSTON v. U.S.

No. 86-235.

552 A.2d 526 (1989)

Joseph A. ALSTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas K. Clancy, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, was on the brief for appellant.

Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, with whom Michael W. Farrell, Elizabeth Trosman, and Edith S. Marshall, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BELSON and STEADMAN, Associate Judges, and REILLY, Senior Judge.

REILLY, Senior Judge:

A jury found appellant guilty of receiving stolen property, D.C.Code §§ 22-3832(a), (c)(1) (1988 Supp.), and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, D.C.Code § 22-3851 (1988 Supp.). The only contested issue1 on appeal is whether certain comments of the government in closing argument amounted to prosecutorial misconduct calling for reversal. As we perceive nothing improper in the challenged argument, we...

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