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COLEMAN v. U.S.

Nos. 98-CF-13, 98-CO-517.

779 A.2d 297 (2001)

Ronald S. COLEMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra K. Levick, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Samia Fam, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Ryan H. Rainey, Assistant United States Attorney, for appellee. Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Mary-Patrice Brown, Pat M. Woodward, and Mary B. McCord, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, REID and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of felony malicious destruction of property for setting his father's house on fire. D.C.Code § 22-403 (1996 Repl.). During cross-examination, appellant's sister blurted out that appellant had set fires before in that same house. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in refusing to grant a mistrial or give an immediate instruction to the jury. The trial court did give a corrective instruction the next...

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