JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 9713.

360 A.2d 502 (1976)

Tommie A. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick H. Weisberg, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant. W. Anthony Fitch, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Regina C. McGranery, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Joseph B. Valder, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

Tommie A. Johnson, convicted by a jury of committing two armed robberies,1 urges on appeal that the trial judge coerced the verdicts by, among other things, allowing the jury to continue deliberating notwithstanding a second announcement that a verdict could not be reached on the robbery charges. He argues also that the judge erred in denying the jury foreman's request to approach the bench immediately before the...

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