UNITED STATES v. MACKIN

Nos. 75-1860, 75-1861 and 76-1851.

561 F.2d 958 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America v. Margaret MACKIN a/k/a Margaret Nelson, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Erana Mae GIBSON, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Erana Mae GIBSON a/k/a Erana Horton a/k/a Lorana Horton, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 15, 1977.

Rehearing Denied September 12, 1977.

Certiorari Denied November 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Jeffress, Jr., Washington, D.C. (Appointed by this court), was on the brief for appellant in No. 75-1860; Lawrence J. Winter, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellant in No. 75-1860.

William W. Bennett, Jr., Washington, D.C. (Appointed by this court), was on the brief for appellant in Nos. 75-1861 and 76-1851.

Sallie H. Helm, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., John A. Terry and Roger Adelman, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before TAMM, MacKINNON and ROBB, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by ROBB, Circuit Judge.

ROBB, Circuit Judge:

In 1972 a jury in the District Court found the defendants Margaret Mackin and Erana Gibson guilty of murder and robbery. They were sentenced and their convictions were affirmed. United States v. Mackin, 163 U.S.App.D.C. 427, 502 F.2d 429, cert. denied, 419 U.S. 1052, 95 S.Ct. 629, 42 L.Ed.2d 647 (1974). Some two and a half years after the...

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