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BYRD v. U.S.

No. 03-CF-534.

870 A.2d 71 (2005)

Jaycee BYRD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 10, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winsome G. Gayle, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Jaclyn Frankfurt, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Thomas S. Rees, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Barbara J. Valliere, and Blanche L. Bruce, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant of felony murder, attempted armed robbery, and related weapons offenses. The convictions stemmed from the shooting death of Wesley Whiteing on September 28, 2001. The government's theory, accepted by the jury, was that appellant either shot Whiteing himself or aided and abetted the shooting by William Mason during an attempt to rob the victim of a fashionable leather jacket. Mason pled guilty to manslaughter while...

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