Bolet v. United States

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was found guilty of false pretenses, D.C. Code 1973, § 22-1301, by the Honorable Leonard Braman, sitting without a jury. On appeal, he challenges Judge Braman’s ruling that a conviction for false pretenses may lie where the misrepresentation is made to a third party rather than directly to the victim. We agree with the analysis contained in Judge Braman’s excellent opinion, attached as an appendix hereto and adopt it as our own. Accordingly, the judgment of conviction on appeal is

Affirmed.

APPENDIX

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION

The question at bar is whether the scope…