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EVANS v. U.S.

No. 99-CF-1365.

779 A.2d 891 (2001)

Jerome R. EVANS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 9, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward DeV. Bunn, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Kent Cassibry, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, REID and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.

GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

The issue in this appeal is whether "attempted threats" is a crime in the District of Columbia. We hold that it is.

I.

The crime charged in this case occurred following a preliminary hearing in Superior Court in which appellant Jerome Evans was the defendant. As Evans walked from the courtroom, two police officers sitting in the gallery overheard him speak to an unidentified person behind them. The officers heard Evans...

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