McCOY v. U.S.

No. 03-CF-722, 03-CF-1184.

890 A.2d 204 (2006)

Edward I. McCOY and Darryl Woodard, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 12, 2006.

As Amended February 23, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. Hart, Washington, appointed by the court, for appellant McCoy.

Winsome G. Gayle, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Samia Fam, Eve Hanan, and Robin Walker, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant Woodard.

Chrisellen R. Kolb, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Kenneth Wainstein, United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, Elizabeth Trosman, and Daniel P. Butler, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, FARRELL, Associate Judge, and NEBEKER, Senior Judge.


NEBEKER, Senior Judge:

These appeals from convictions require the court to decide whether admission of a confession by each appellant was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. The trial court had denied their motions to suppress the confessions, but after these appeals were noted, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Missouri v. Seibert, 542 U.S. 600, 124 S.Ct. 2601, 159 L.Ed.2d 643 (2004), which, as the government recognizes...

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