JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES


398 A.2d 354 (1979)

James W. JOHNSON, Jr. (No. 11752), Darrone J. Sampson (No. 11755), Fred L. Smith (No. 11765), and Gene E. George (No. 11832), Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Mosteller, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant Smith.

James R. Klimaski, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, with whom David W. Brinkman, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, was on the brief, for appellants Johnson and George.

Donald E. Cope, Washington, D. C., filed a brief for appellant Sampson.

Noel Anketell Kramer, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and MACK and FERREN, Associate Judges.


NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

Appellants, seeking reversal of their convictions for kidnapping, robbery, sodomy, assault, and attempted murder, advance numerous claims of reversible error. Concluding that the trial court committed reversible error in denying appellants' motions for severance, we need not — and thus, do not — consider their other contentions with one exception.1 In section I we set forth the relevant evidence and trial...

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