HANEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 82-1215.

473 A.2d 393 (1984)

Joseph HANEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjorie E. Murphy, Washington, D.C., with whom Beth Perovich, Law Student No. 3270, and Michael S. Spearman, Supervising Attorney, Georgetown Criminal Justice Clinic, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant.

William D. Nussbaum, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time brief was filed, Michael W. Farrell and G. William Currier, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, MACK, Associate Judge, and GALLAGHER, Associate Judge, Retired.


NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

Appellant was convicted of second-degree murder and attempted robbery. He was sentenced to serve not less than twenty years and not more than sixty years on his conviction for second-degree murder and not less than one (1) year and not more than three (3) years on his attempted robbery conviction. He contends that his sentence on the second-degree murder conviction is illegal. Specifically, he asserts that D.C.Code § 24-203(a) (1981), which...

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