SYKES v. U.S.

Nos. 97-CF-1898, 99-CO-785, 99-CO-1528 and 01-CO-1407.

897 A.2d 769 (2006)

Maurice SYKES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 9, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Johnson, Jr., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Rozella A. Oliver, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Elizabeth Trosman, Assistant United States Attorney, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FARRELL, REID and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.


REID, Associate Judge:

Appellant Maurice Sykes was tried in 1997, along with two other persons, for attempted armed robbery and for the murder of Evgeny Mihailov, as well as other charged crimes.1 The jury found him guilty of two counts of attempt to commit robbery while armed, first-degree felony murder while armed, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence or dangerous offense, and carrying a pistol without...

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