STRICKLAND v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 9342, 10014.

389 A.2d 1325 (1978)

Willie STRICKLAND, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 3, 1978.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Greenlee, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Frederick H. Weisberg, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., at time case briefed and argued, also entered an appearance for appellant.

Mary H. Weiss, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, and Daniel J. Bernstein, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, FICKLING and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant Strickland here seeks reversal of his convictions on four counts of first-degree murder and one count of possession of a dangerous weapon.1 Although he raises a number of claims in support of his bid for relief, we find no reversible error and affirm.2

On January 16, 1973, the bullet-ridden body of Charles D. Coleman was found in Rock Creek Park just off the 1900 block...

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