Leftridge v. United States

The trial court sentenced Birchard Lef-tridge as a repeat offender following his conviction of attempted petit larceny because Leftridge had been convicted of petit larceny on two previous occasions. Lef-tridge contends that repeat offender sentencing was not warranted by the prior convictions because petit larceny is not an offense which “is the same as, constitutes, or necessarily includes” attempted petit larceny, as required by D.C.Code 1973, § 22-104. We disagree with that contention and thus affirm.

Leftridge was charged with attempted petit larceny, D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-103, -2202, and…