UNITED STATES v. SARVIS

Nos. 74-1935, 74-2033.

523 F.2d 1177 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America v. James L. SARVIS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Irie E. LEONARD, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert W. Overby, Jr., Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), and John B. Dunn, Washington, D. C., for appellant in No. 74-1935.

J. Michael Farrell, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant in No. 74-2033.

Donald L. Abrams, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Eugene M. Propper, and Roger M. Adelman, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Robert P. Palmer, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WRIGHT and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Appellants James L. Sarvis and Irie E. Leonard were tried separately on charges growing out of a series of events at the apartment of one Benjamin Rudd on the night of September 15-16, 1970. Each was convicted of robbery and second degree burglary; Leonard was also convicted of first degree murder. They allege numerous...

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