DYAS v. UNITED STATES

No. 9845.

376 A.2d 827 (1977)

John DYAS, a/k/a John L. Dyas, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 25, 1977.

Rehearing Denied En Banc, September 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Waitzkin, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Frederick H. Weisberg, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Andrea L. Harnett, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and William J. Hardy, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KERN, GALLAGHER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant of armed robbery, D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-2901, -3202, and possession of a prohibited weapon, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3214(b). Appellant contends now that the judgment of conviction and his sentence of ten to thirty years' imprisonment must be set aside because (1) the police procedure resulting in the complaining witness' identification of him was so deficient as...

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