McCLINNAHAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-709.

454 A.2d 1340 (1982)

James F. McCLINNAHAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman T. Townsend, Alexandria, Va., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Margaret P. Spencer, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., at the time brief was filed, Michael W. Farrell and E. Thomas Roberts, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before KERN, FERREN and PRYOR, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

The trial court sitting without a jury found appellant guilty of felony murder while armed, of premeditated murder while armed, and of other related offenses arising out of his fatally stabbing the victim during an attempted robbery in her apartment at 1401 Fairmont St., N.W.1

The prosecution evidence consisted of an identification on the scene minutes after the crime by an eyewitness who was visiting the...

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