Ralph Mahoney v. United States

ROBB, Circuit Judge:

The appellant was convicted of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in violation of 22 D.C. Code § 2204. At trial the case for the government was that on February 14, 1967 the appellant wrongfully appropriated and drove an automobile, was observed and pursued by the police at a high rate of speed, and was arrested after he abandoned the automobile and fled to the roof of a nearby apartment house. A police officer identified the appellant as the driver of the car and there was evidence that when arrested he had in his pocket the key to a telephone that was part of the car’s…