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WATTS v. UNITED STATES

No. 80-1237, 80-1238 and 80-1283.

449 A.2d 308 (1982)

Donnell WATTS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Donnell L. BENNETT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Jeffrey J. JACKSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin Steinmetz, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant Watts.

Dennis M. Hart, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant Bennett.

Robert H. Haas, Baltimore, Md., for appellant Jackson.

Catherine R. Mack, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., and John A. Terry, John R. Fisher, and Charles L. Hall, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, NEBEKER and FERREN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

In these armed robbery cases, appellants assert several grounds for reversal of their convictions. Appellants Watts and Jackson contend that the trial court erred in declining to order a mistrial. They argue that some of the jurors may have seen appellants in the custody of marshals, who were escorting them out the back door of the courtroom, and as a consequence may have inferred that appellants...

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