MASON v. UNITED STATES

No. 9029.

346 A.2d 250 (1975)

Doris MASON, a/k/a Joane Mason, a/k/a Joan Mason, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Barker, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Hamilton P. Fox, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., John A. Terry, Stuart M. Gerson and Harry R. Benner, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, YEAGLEY and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of robbery (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2901). She contends that the trial violated the Fifth Amendment bar against double jeopardy. The factual basis of her double jeopardy claim originated in a prior court proceeding on July 10, 1974. At that time appellant and two codefendants had waived their right to a jury and had proceeded to trial before Judge Campbell. The trial judge had combined a hearing on a suppression...

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