UNITED STATES v. STOKES

No. 10159.

365 A.2d 615 (1976)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Louis J. STOKES, Jr., a/k/a Phillip L. Willis, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Panetta, II, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Charles E. Wagner, Joseph B. Valder and David R. Addis, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Fred C. Timberlake, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellee.

Before KELLY, FICKLING and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

The government here appeals the imposition of a sentence under the Federal Youth Corrections Act, 18 U.S.C. § 5005 et seq. (Youth Act), upon appellee Stokes following his conviction of first-degree felony murder, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2401.1 Appellee's convictions of first-degree felony murder, second-degree murder armed robbery and carrying a pistol without a license,2

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