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HAWKINS v. U.S.

No. 89-1517.

606 A.2d 753 (1992)

Lavelle N. HAWKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 3, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony S. Haughton, Public Defender Service, appointed by the court, with whom James Klein and Elizabeth G. Taylor, were on the brief, for appellant.

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

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and TERRY, Associate Judge, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

BELSON, Senior Judge:

A jury found appellant Lavelle N. Hawkins not guilty of assault with intent to murder while armed,1 D.C.Code §§ 22-503, -3202 (1989), but guilty of the lesser included offense of assault with a dangerous weapon, id. § 22-502. On appeal, Hawkins contends that the trial judge abused his discretion in denying a motion for mistrial after the prosecutor placed a prejudicial allegation before the jury...

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