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COLEMAN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 1123.

83 A.2d 873 (1951)

COLEMAN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 30, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Atkinson and E. Lewis Ferrell, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Edward A. Beard, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and CLAGETT, Associate Judges.

HOOD, Associate Judge.

On May 31, 1951, an information was filed in the Juvenile Court charging appellant with being the father of a child born on April 16 to an unmarried woman.1 Appellant appeared in court on June 12. He was without counsel and the trial court informed him he was entitled to counsel if he so desired. He replied that he did not desire counsel. He was then asked if he was the father...

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