PEREZ v. U.S.

Nos. 99-CF-107, 02-CO-1242, 06-CO-341, 99-CF-207, 02-CO-1205, 99-CF-212, 02-CO-1385, 06-CO-1164, 99-CF-226, 02-CO-1253, 06-CO-1563, 99-CF-257, 01-CO-1019, 02-CO-1231, 06-CO-1170.

968 A.2d 39 (2009)

Luis Adonay PÉREZ, (F-4374-98) Carlos Alberto Robles-Benevides, (F-2001-98) Santos Felipe Bonilla, (F-2332-98) José Roberto Salamanca, (F-4375-98) and Oscar Villatoro, Appellants, (F-2940-98) v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Resubmitted February 24, 2009.

Decided March 26, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth H. Rosenau, Washington, appointed by the court, for appellant Luis Adonay Pérez.

M. Elizabeth Kent, Washington, appointed by the court, for appellant Carlos A. Robles-Benevides.

Robert S. Becker, Washington, appointed by the court, for appellant Santos Felipe Bonilla.

Paul J. Riley, appointed by the court, for appellant José Roberto Salamanca.

Jenifer Wicks, Washington, for appellant Oscar Villatoro.

David B. Goodhand, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Kenneth L. Wainstein, 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, Elizabeth Trosman, Anthony Asuncion, James S. Sweeney and David C. Woll, Jr., Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III, Anthony Asuncion, James S. Sweeney, and Florence Pan, Assistant United States Attorneys, filed a supplemental brief for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, RUIZ, Associate Judge, and KING, Senior Judge.


Ruiz, Associate Judge:

The five coappellants in this case, Luis A. Pérez, Carlos A. Robles-Benevides, Santos F. Bonilla, José R. Salamanca, and Oscar Villatoro, challenge their convictions arising out of a brutal murder and various assaults, in which an unidentified homeless man was beaten and a passerby who intervened to stop the beating of the homeless man was beaten and stabbed to death. A second passerby who...

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