BELL v. U.S.

Nos. 99-CM-1483, 99-CM-1531 and 99-CM-1594.

790 A.2d 523 (2002)

Anthony BELL, James L. Banks, and Thelmuris Forte, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 17, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pleasant S. Broadnax, III, appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant Bell. Robert O. Goff, also appointed by the court, entered an appearance for appellant Bell.

Vandy L. Jamison, Jr., Glenn Dale, MD, appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant Banks.

James Wilson Richmond, Jr., was on the brief for appellant Forte.

Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Elizabeth Trosman, Steven J. Durham, and Steven B. Snyder, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before TERRY and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges, and NEWMAN, Senior Judge.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Anthony Bell, James Banks, and Thelmuris Forte appeal from convictions of first-degree fraud. Bell, Banks, and Forte, together with a fourth co-defendant, Roland Jones, were found guilty after a nine-day non-jury trial. All three appellants contend, first, that the trial court abused its discretion by admitting the prior inconsistent statement of a trial witness as substantive evidence. Second, each appellant maintains that the evidence was...

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