WRIGHT v. U.S.

No. 86-1077.

570 A.2d 731 (1990)

Samuel WRIGHT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald A. Goodbread, Washington, D.C., for appellant. Frances M. D'Antuono, appointed by this court, was on the brief, for appellant.

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

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and FERREN, Associate Judges.


ROGERS, Chief Judge:

Appellant Samuel Wright seeks reversal of his convictions by a jury1 in connection with two burglaries of the Video Place store on the principal ground that the trial judge abused his discretion in denying appellant's motion to sever the December 1984 and the January 1985 burglaries. He also contends that his convictions must be reversed because the government was allowed...

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