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MONROE v. U.S.

No. 88-434.

598 A.2d 439 (1991)

Richard MONROE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 31, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Tillman Moore, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Martin D. Carpenter, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Thomas C. Black and Odessa F. Vincent, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

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

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of carrying in a public place a deadly or dangerous weapon; specifically, a 10¼ inch knife, D.C.Code § 22-3204 (1981),1 and received a suspended 120-day sentence and probation. He argues the evidence was insufficient to show a present intent to use the knife as a dangerous weapon. We disagree and therefore affirm.

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