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JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 79-1018.

420 A.2d 1214 (1980)

Darrell J. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 29, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Murphy, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Keith A. O'Donnell, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and John H. Korns, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KERN and GALLAGHER, Associate Judges, and HAYWOOD, Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant challenges his conviction for robbery1 after trial by jury on the grounds that (1) the government's evidence was insufficient, and (2) it was plain error for the prosecutor during his cross-examination of appellant to confront him with an incriminatory statement he had made during a pretrial proceeding culminating in a plea of guilty, which was subsequently vacated.2

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