DOEPEL v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 9079, 14184.

434 A.2d 449 (1981)

Thomas G. DOEPEL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Madigan, Washington, D. C., with whom Leslie K. Dellon, Washington, D. C., was on the brief in No. 14184; Wayne S. Bishop, Washington, D. C., with whom Robert Milbank, Jr., Dallas, Tex., was on the brief in No. 9079, for appellant.

Genevieve Holm, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., in No. 14184, and William J. O'Malley, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., in No. 9079, with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the briefs were filed, John A. Terry, John P. Hume and Henry H. Kennedy, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the briefs, for appellee.

Before KELLY, Associate Judge, REILLY, Chief Judge, Retired, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.


REILLY, Chief Judge, Retired:

This is the second time that this case has been argued in our court. After a three-week trial in 1974 on indictments charging appellant with first-degree murder, felony murder, and rape,1 a jury found him guilty as charged. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment for 20 years to life on the murder counts, and 15 years to life on the rape count, and appealed. After the case was argued, but before...

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