HARRIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 10608 and 10644.

375 A.2d 505 (1977)

Arthur J. HARRIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Phillip M. HART, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided June 20, 1977.

Rehearing and Rehearing en Banc Denied October 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Lee Greenspan, Washington, D. C., for appellant Harris.

Frederick H. Weisberg and Warren C. Nighswander, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant Hart.

Mary Ellen Abrecht, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Harry R. Benner, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before YEAGLEY, HARRIS and MACK, Associate Judges.


YEAGLEY, Associate Judge.

Appellants Harris and Hart were jointly tried and convicted by a jury of first-degree murder (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2401). In his appeal, appellant Hart contends that the trial court erred in denying his motions for a judgment of acquittal at the close of the government's case-in-chief and at the close of all evidence. Appellant Harris challenges his conviction on two grounds: (1) the trial court improperly denied his motion for judgment...

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