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GRIFFIN v. U.S.

No. 90-CM-531.

618 A.2d 114 (1992)

Bill J. GRIFFIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 18, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Delehanty, Washington, DC, appointed by this court, filed a brief for appellant.

Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Peggy Kuo, and Frederick W. Yette, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, DC, filed a brief for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and TERRY and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

As a great British prime minister is said to have put it more than two and one quarter centuries ago,

[e]very [English] man's house [is] his castle1.... The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter — all his force dares...

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