WEST v. UNITED STATES

No. 84-287 to 84-289.

499 A.2d 860 (1985)

Benson WEST, Edward A. Jackson and Michael A. Britt, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Carlin, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant West.

Diane Kiester Dildine, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant Jackson.

Mark A. Gallagher, Law Student Counsel, with whom Susan L. Siegal, Appellate Law Fellow, appointed by the court, and Steven H. Goldblatt, Director, Appellate Litigation Clinical Program, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., and Randa J. Trapp, Law Student, were on brief, for appellant Britt.

Wendy Bebie, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Judith Hetherton, and Barry M. Tapp, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and TERRY and ROGERS, Associate Judges.


PRYOR, Chief Judge:

Following a joint jury trial, appellants, Benson West, Edward Jackson, and Michael Britt, were each found guilty of one count of first-degree felony murder while armed (D.C. Code §§ 22-2401, -3202 (1981)), one count of armed robbery (id. §§ 22-2901, -3202), and two counts of attempted robbery while armed (id. §§ 22-2901, -3202). In addition, West was convicted of one count of carrying a pistol without...

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