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ERSKINES v. U.S.

Nos. 95-CF-270, 95-CF-410.

696 A.2d 1077 (1997)

Ronnie ERSKINES, Larry Hagans, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Elizabeth Kent, appointed by this court, Washington, DC, for appellant Erskines.

Janet C. Hoeffel, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Gretchen Franklin, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant Hagans.

D. Ames Jeffress, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher and Lisa Prager, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FARRELL and KING, Associate Judges, and BURNETT, Associate Judge of the Superior Court.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

Appellants were both found guilty by a jury of an array of crimes including felony murder, kidnapping, and armed robbery. On appeal each contends that the evidence was insufficient to prove that a kidnapping (the predicate of the felony murder) took place. Hagans argues in addition that the evidence failed to show that he aided and abetted Erskines in the kidnapping, and further contends that under our decision in Akins v. United States...

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