TAYLOR v. U.S.

Nos. 90-387, 90-478.

601 A.2d 1060 (1991)

Maurice D. TAYLOR, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee, Isiah LAWRENCE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra G. Roland, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant Taylor.

Calvin Steinmetz, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant Lawrence.

David L. Smith, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese, III, and Heidi Pasichow, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FARRELL and WAGNER, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

Appellants Taylor and Lawrence appeal from their convictions for armed robbery. Lawrence, who was tried and convicted on a theory of aiding and abetting, challenges the sufficiency of the evidence linking him to the acts of the principal offenders. Taylor, tried jointly with Lawrence and a third codefendant who was acquitted, argues that the trial judge erroneously denied his motions for severance on the ground of conflicting defenses, and...

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