Jones v. United States

432 A.2d 364 (1981)

Michael A. JONES, Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES, Appellee.

No. 11918.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued En Banc September 8, 1980.

Decided May 29, 1981.

Silas J. Wasserstrom, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Oscar Altshuler, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the petition, for appellee.

Larry Martin Corcoran, Washington, D. C., filed a brief as amicus curiae.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KELLY, KERN, GALLAGHER,[*]…