ROPER v. U.S.

No. 88-411.

564 A.2d 726 (1989)

Jack A. ROPER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gretchen Franklin, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, and Henderson Hill, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Judith Albert, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MACK, FERREN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant, Jack A. Roper, was charged by indictment with armed robbery, D.C. Code §§ 22-2901, -3202 (1981 & 1988 Supp.), and carrying a dangerous weapon (CDW), D.C.Code § 22-3204 (1981). He was tried before a jury and acquitted on the armed robbery charge but found guilty of CDW. On appeal, Roper asserts that his CDW conviction should be reversed because the two charges were impermissibly joined in violation of Super.Ct.Crim.R. 8(a)...

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