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CHILDS v. U.S.

No. 00-CO-52.

760 A.2d 614 (2000)

Jamal CHILDS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 12, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy P. O'Toole, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on the brief for appellant.

Valinda Jones, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher and Douglas K. Klein, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY, FARRELL and REID, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant Jamal Childs challenges the trial court's denial of his motion to dismiss a felony murder charge on double jeopardy grounds. He contends that since he was convicted of the lesser included offense of armed robbery in his first trial, the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Constitution of the United States precludes his retrial on the charge of felony murder.1 Relying upon our recent decision in United States v. Allen...

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