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LYONS v. U.S.

Nos. 89-CF-250, 89-CF-299.

683 A.2d 1066 (1996)

Richard L. LYONS, a/k/a Walter Lyons, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Pamela K. COOPER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Gary Kohlman, Washington, DC, with whom Richard T. Brown was on the supplemental brief, for appellant Lyons. Brenda Grantland, Washington, DC, was on the original brief.

Daniel M. Schember, appointed by the court, Washington, DC, for appellant Cooper.

Roy W. McLeese, III, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jay B. Stephens, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Terence J. Keeney, and Peter R. Zeidenberg, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, C.J., FERREN, TERRY, STEADMAN, SCHWELB, KING and RUIZ, JJ., and KERN, Senior Judge.

TERRY, Associate Judge.

This case arises from a murder for hire committed in the course of appellants' cocaine-selling operation. After a three-week trial, a jury found appellant Lyons guilty of first-degree murder while armed,1 assault with a dangerous weapon (ADW),2 and conspiracy to distribute cocaine;3 appellant Cooper was found guilty of second-degree murder while armed,

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