KALIKU v. U.S.

Nos. 07-CF-486, 07-CF-557.

994 A.2d 765 (2010)

Joseph Desmond KALIKU and David Matthews, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 13, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joanne Vasco, Hyattsville, MD, appointed by the court, for appellant Joseph Desmond Kaliku.

Thomas T. Heslep, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant David Matthews.

John P. Gidez, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney at the time, and Roy W. McLeese III, Florence Pan, and Deborah L. Connor, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before REID, GLICKMAN, and OBERLY, Associate Judges.


REID, Associate Judge:

Appellants Joseph Desmond Kaliku and David Matthews were jointly charged in a twenty-five count indictment. Following a jury trial, Mr. Kaliku was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon ("ADW"),1 armed robbery,2 possession of a firearm during a crime of violence ("PFCV"),3 first-degree sexual abuse while armed (with aggravating circumstances),

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