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MURRAY v. U.S.

Nos. 02-CF-52, 02-CF-194, 02-CF-391.

855 A.2d 1126 (2004)

Alphonso MURRAY, Clifford Stokes, Antoine L. Thomas, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 12, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferris R. Bond, Washington, DC, for appellant Murray.

Molly Schmidt-Nowara, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Samia Fam, and Andrea Roth, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant Stokes.

M. Elizabeth Kent, Washington, DC, for appellant Thomas.

Roy W. McLeese III, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney at the time, and John R. Fisher, Kenneth Behle, and Alexandra F. Foster, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FARRELL, REID, and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

Appellants were each found guilty by a jury of kidnapping while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and carrying a pistol without a license.1 Their principal claim on appeal is that the prosecutor engaged in improper and inflammatory bolstering of the credibility of government witnesses by asserting in his closing argument that the witnesses' reluctance to testify stemmed from their fear...

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