WRIGHT v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 84-516, 84-608.

513 A.2d 804 (1986)

Douglas M. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 5, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Dyson, with whom John A. Shorter, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant.

Mary Ellen Abrecht, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell and Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, BELSON, and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.


FERREN, Associate Judge:

Appellant's first trial resulted in a hung jury. After a second trial, the jury convicted appellant of two counts of first-degree, felony murder while armed, D.C. Code §§ 22-2401, -3202 (1981), two counts of attempted robbery while armed, id. §§ 22-2902, -3202, and one count of carrying a pistol without a license, id. § 22-3204. On appeal, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence presented against...

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