LYONS v. U.S.

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

683 A.2d 1080 (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, Mill Valley, CA, was on the original brief for appellant Lyons.

Daniel M. Schember, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, 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 FERREN and TERRY, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.


TERRY, Associate Judge.

This opinion is a companion to that of the en banc court in Lyons v. United States, 683 A.2d 1066 (D.C.1996), issued today. The full court has held that there is no ground for reversal in the denial of appellants' motion for a mistrial based on a contact between a juror and a police detective who testified briefly at appellants' trial. The remaining issues presented on appeal have been referred by the...

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