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WRIGHT v. UNITED STATES

No. 10287.

365 A.2d 365 (1976)

John WRIGHT, a/k/a John H. Wright, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 21, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Paul Imse, Jr., Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant.

Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C. with whom John A. Terry, William D. Pease, John W. Polk and William J. O'Malley, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before NEBEKER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:

Found guilty of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle,1 appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of from one of three years. Execution of the sentence was suspended, and appellant was placed on probation for a period of three years.

On this appeal appellant's sole contention is that his conviction was the product of a trial violative of the double jeopardy provision of the Fifth Amendment...

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