Case Name: Charles CLEMONS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1963-01-31
Citations: 314 F.2d 278
Docket Number: No. 17241
Parties: Charles CLEMONS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 314
Pages: 278–278

Head Matter:
Charles CLEMONS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 17241.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.
Argued Jan. 2, 1963.
Decided Jan. 31, 1963.
Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied En Banc Feb. 15, 1963.
Mr. Charles J. McKerns, Washington,. D. C., with whom Mr. John B. Jacob, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this, court), was on the brief, for appellant.
Mr. Robert A. Levetown, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker and Victor W. Caputy, Asst. U. S. Attys.,. were on the brief, for appellee.
Before Bazelon, Chief Judge, and Wilbur K. Miller and Burger, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Convicted of raping an 80-year-old', woman in her apartment, Clemons appeals. He asserts the evidence against, him was insufficient, as a matter of law,, to go to the jury, and that the prosecuting-attorney in his closing argument drew the jury's attention to the fact that he-did not take the stand.
The victim was unable to identify her assailant except to the extent of saying-he was a light-skinned Negro wearing-a red flowered sport shirt and a narrow-brimmed straw hat. But strong circumstantial evidence that Clemons was the-attacker amply justified submitting the-case to the jury, and fully warranted that, body in returning a verdict of guilty as-charged.
In our view, the challenged remarks of' the prosecutor did not refer to appellant's.:, failure to testify.
Affirmed.
. For example, a baseball ticket stub, admittedly used by appellant earlier in the evening, was found on the floor in the-room in which the rape occurred.