ANTHONY v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 8208, 8209.

361 A.2d 202 (1976)

John ANTHONY, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Aaron ANTHONY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Bentzen, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellants.

Michael A. Pace, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., and John A. Terry and Martin J. Linsky, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, FICKLING and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


HARRIS, Associate Judge:

Appellants are brothers appealing from their jury convictions of assault with intent to commit robbery. D.C.Code 1973, § 22-501. Their only claim of error is that the trial court's instructions on the elements of the offense were plainly erroneous. We affirm.

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