Brooks v. United States

159 A.2d 876 (1960)

William E. BROOKS, Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES, Appellee.

No. 2465.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Argued January 4, 1960.

Decided April 7, 1960.

T. Emmett McKenzie, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Donald S. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

ROVER, Chief Judge.

Appellant was convicted of petit larceny under Code 1951, § 22-2202 (Supp. VII). He assigns as…