Dorman v. United States

491 A.2d 455 (1984)

Lawrence M. DORMAN, Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES, Appellee.

No. 81-1302.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued March 19, 1984.

Decided October 2, 1984.

Opinion filed April 25, 1985.

Jo Ann Abramson, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time brief was filed, and Steven D. Gordon, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on petition, for appellee.

Silas Wasserstrom, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, as amicus curiae.

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