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ADAMS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 81-606, 82-824 and 81-620.

466 A.2d 439 (1983)

John E. ADAMS (Nos. 81-606 & 82-824), Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Curtis L. OESBY, a/k/a Lawrence E. Staton (No. 81-620), Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Carey Woll, Rockville, Md., appointed by this court, for appellant Adams.

Charles W. Halleck, Washington, D.C., for appellant Oesby.

Bruce A. Peterson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, and Steven D. Gordon, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before KERN and BELSON, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

KERN, Associate Judge:

On February 26, 1981, appellants John Adams and Curtis Oesby were found guilty by a jury of assorted charges arising from the killing, burglary, and attempted robbery of Frances Akers.1

There was evidence that appellants and Thomasine McKay left Adams' apartment on November 1, 1979, purportedly to sell some clothing McKay had stolen and to buy heroin. (Record at 584, 856.)2 Akers...

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