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ROBINSON v. U.S.

Nos. 85-1073, 88-1015.

565 A.2d 964 (1989)

James V. ROBINSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 5, 1989.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing November 17, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Schember, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

James V. Robinson, pro se.

John R. Fisher, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Patricia A. Riley, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges, and MACK, Associate Judge, Retired.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant of first-degree burglary, D.C.Code § 22-1801(a) (1981), and rape, id. § 22-2801. He contends on appeal, primarily, that the trial court: (1) abused its discretion in failing sua sponte to conduct an inquiry to ascertain appellant's capacity to waive an insanity defense; (2) committed reversible error in failing to conduct an inquiry into appellant's pretrial...

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