UNITED STATES v. JONES

Nos. 80-1198, 80-1201 and 80-1256.

438 A.2d 444 (1981)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Ulysses JONES, Appellee. UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Gregory BRITT, Appellee. UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Ricky BRYANT, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia Royce, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U.S. Atty., John A. Terry, Michael W. Farrell, Edward D. Ross and Wayne P. Williams, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellant.

James M. Doyle, White Plains, N.Y., appointed by this court, for appellee Jones.

A. Franklin Burgess, Jr., Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C, with whom Silas J. Wasserstrom, W. Gary Kohlman, and Robert P. Mosteller, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees Britt and Bryant.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KERN and PRYOR, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

In April 1980 a grand jury indicted appellees Jones and Britt for first-degree murder of a shopkeeper during the commission of an armed robbery in southwest Washington. At the same time, in a separate case, the grand jury indicted appellees Jones and Bryant for first-degree murder of a citizen on the street during the commission of an armed robbery in northwest Washington.

In the course of the preliminary proceedings normally attendant...

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