Brooks v. United States

BELSON, Associate Judge:

A jury found appellant guilty of one count each of second-degree burglary, D.C. Code § 22-1801(b) (1981), grand larceny, id. § 22-2201 (repealed and superseded by id. §§ 22-3811, -3812 (1984 Supp.)), and destruction of property, id. § 22-403 (1981). He appeals, assigning as error a violation of his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. Finding his argument unpersuasive, we affirm.

Metropolitan Police officers received a report of a burglary in progress in the early morning hours of March 1, 1982, at the Viet Chateau Restaurant in the District of…