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HEADSPETH v. U.S.

No. 05-CF-16.

910 A.2d 311 (2006)

Alvin M. HEADSPETH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 9, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie L. Park, San Francisco, CA, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Sharon A. Sprague, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Roy W. McLeese III and Elizabeth Trosman, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REID and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges, and KING, Senior Judge.

REID, Associate Judge:

A jury found appellant Alvin M. Headspeth guilty of possession of an unregistered firearm (D.C.Code § 7-2502.01 (2001)).1 Mr. Headspeth asserts that the trial court committed plain error in re-instructing and polling the jury, and that the error seriously affected the fairness and integrity of his trial. Because we agree, we are constrained to reverse the trial court's judgment, and to remand this case to the...

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