JEFFERSON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 82-807, 83-642.

474 A.2d 147 (1984)

Charles JEFFERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie A. Fitzgerald, appointed by this court, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Natalia M. Combs, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, Michael W. Farrell, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and Susan R. Holmes, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEBEKER and FERREN, Associate Judges, and REILLY, Chief Judge, Retired.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of robbery, D.C.Code § 22-2901 (1981), and was sentenced to a term of three to nine years. After filing his direct appeal, he sought collateral attack under D.C.Code § 23-110 (1981). Before us now is a consolidated appeal encompassing appellant's assignment of errors in his direct appeal: a prejudicial remark by the trial court; a failure to instruct the jury, sua sponte, on the limited use...

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