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BROWN v. U.S.

No. 88-173.

589 A.2d 434 (1991)

Alfred M. BROWN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 23, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boniface K. Cobbina, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Teresa A. Howie, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Thomas C. Black and Kathleen A. Brandon, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and SCHWELB, Associate Judge, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.

ROGERS, Chief Judge.

Appellant Alfred M. Brown appeals his convictions1 on the principal ground that the trial judge erred in permitting a potential defense witness to assert a blanket Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination before determining the likelihood of further prosecution for a dismissed charge. In view of the prosecutor's representations to the judge, we affirm.

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