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WATKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 9929.

379 A.2d 703 (1977)

Shelton WATKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 28, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Sansing, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Edward C. McGuire, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, William D. Pease, and David R. Addis, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GALLAGHER, YEAGLEY and HARRIS, Associate Judges.

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted, after a jury trial, of three counts of armed robbery1 and sentenced to three concurrent terms of from 15 years to life imprisonment. He contends that the trial court committed reversible error (1) by not immediately giving, upon request of defense counsel, a cautionary instruction concerning the use of prior convictions which had been introduced for the purpose of impeaching defense witnesses...

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