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THOMAS v. U.S.

No. 84-1728.

557 A.2d 1296 (1989)

William THOMAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Clarke, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, and Jennifer P. Lyman, Washington, D.C., Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Ann K.H. Simon, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Mary Ellen Abrecht, and Zinora M. Mitchell, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and BELSON and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

William Thomas appeals from his conviction by a jury of malicious destruction of property (felony) in violation of D.C.Code § 22-403 (1981). He contends that the prosecutor misstated the applicable law to the jury, that the trial judge did not take adequate steps to correct the prosecutor's misstatements, and that as a consequence he (Thomas) was denied his right to a fair trial. Although the...

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