DANIELS v. U.S.

Nos. 91-CF-95, 91-CF-188.

613 A.2d 342 (1992)

Shavar DANIELS, Appellant, Curtis Daniels, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra K. Levick, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., for appellant Curtis Daniels, with whom James Klein and Jo-Ann Wallace, Public Defender Service, were on the brief.

Robert Morin, Washington, D.C., for appellant Shavar Daniels, with whom Bernard S. Grimm and David Kagan-Kans, were on the brief.

Leslie Ann Wise, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Thomas C. Black, and Silvia Gonzalez, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.


KERN, Senior Judge:

A jury convicted appellants Curtis and Shavar Daniels of first degree murder while armed (D.C.Code §§ 22-2401, -3202 (1989 Repl.)) and carrying a pistol without a license (D.C.Code § 22-3204(a)). Appellants contend that the trial court abused its discretion when it permitted evidence of "other crimes"1 to be admitted at trial against them. We affirm.

I.

The thrust of appellants' argument...

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