SMITH v. U.S.

No. 89-322.

583 A.2d 975 (1990)

Stephen A. SMITH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 14, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted Kavrukov, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Asst. U.S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and FERREN and BELSON, Associate Judges.


ROGERS, Chief Judge:

Appellant Stephen A. Smith appeals his conviction by a jury of failure to appear in court, D.C.Code § 23-1327 (1989 Repl.), on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence and that the trial judge erred in admitting irrelevant evidence of the general practice of courtroom clerks. Since the written notice directed appellant to the wrong courtroom, the judge having changed courtrooms since the notice was issued, the government had to prove...

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