DYSON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 80-1189, 81-216.

450 A.2d 432 (1982)

Duane T. DYSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Marsden D. FERGUSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Lee, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant Dyson.

James H. McComas, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., with whom William J. Mertens, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., was on the briefs, for appellant Ferguson.

Helen M. Bollwerk, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time of argument, John A. Terry, John R. Fisher, and William J. Bowman, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEBEKER, PRYOR and BELSON, Associate Judges.


BELSON, Associate Judge:

Appellants were convicted by jury of burglary in the second degree, D.C. Code 1981, § 22-1801(b).1 Appellant Dyson appeals his conviction on the grounds that: 1) there was insufficient evidence to support the conviction, and 2) prosecutorial misconduct prejudiced his right to a fair trial. Appellant Ferguson asserts that he is entitled to reversal by reason of prosecutorial misconduct and on several other...

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