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JACKSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 7570.

354 A.2d 869 (1976)

Pernell JACKSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 1, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren C. Nighswander and Constance O'Bryant, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

James N. Owens, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and James F. McMullin, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

John McCahill, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before KELLY, KERN and HARRIS, Associate Judges.

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of armed robbery and first degree burglary while armed and received from the trial judge concurrent sentences of three to nine years' imprisonment. His appeal asserts artfully and vigorously that the court committed three errors necessitating reversal:

(1) It refused to invoke the Jencks Act1 and strike the complainant's testimony, after the police officer who responded first...

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