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SMITH v. U.S.

No. 87-154.

554 A.2d 1155 (1989)

Ralph SMITH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 7, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Ross, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and June M. Jefferies and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, STEADMAN, Associate Judge, and KERN, Senior Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant contends that the trial judge erred in imposing a mandatory minimum five-year sentence upon his conviction of voluntary manslaughter while armed D.C. Code §§ 22-2405, -3202 (1981, 1988 Supp.).

As the result of an argument with his roommate on New Year's Day 1986, appellant was charged with second degree murder while armed. D.C.Code §§ 22-2403, -3202 (1981, 1988 Supp.). The government's evidence showed that appellant...

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