COLEMAN v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 84-613, 84-653.

515 A.2d 439 (1986)

Ronald COLEMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Donald COLEMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Gary Kohlman, Washington, D.C., for appellant Ronald Coleman.

Allie Sheffield, with whom James Klein, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant Donald Coleman.

T. Mark Flanagan, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell and Charles L. Hall, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief for appellee.

Before FERREN, ROGERS and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.


FERREN, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellants Ronald Coleman and Donald Coleman (who are not related) of attempted robbery while armed, D.C.Code §§ 22-2902, -3202 (1981), and convicted appellant Ronald Coleman of second degree murder while armed, id. §§ 22-2403, -3202. Appellants contend on appeal, first, that the testimony of the government's principal witness, Timothy McCain, was so inherently incredible that, as a matter of law...

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