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TATE v. U.S.

No. 88-CF-1234.

610 A.2d 237 (1992)

Melvin TATE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 1, 1992.

Opinion July 14, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Rhyne, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

David L. Smith, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher, Thomas C. Black, and Michael Brittin, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN and KING, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant Melvin Tate of robbery, D.C.Code § 22-2901 (1989), as a result of a purse-snatching incident on May 24, 1987. Appellant contends on appeal that, by excusing for cause a potential juror who stated that he was unavailable to serve on the jury because the trial schedule would conflict with his participation in a Veterans Administration methadone maintenance program, the trial court violated appellant's right under...

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