ROBINSON v. U.S.

Nos. 11-CF-1443, 11-CF-1502.

100 A.3d 95 (2014)

Leon ROBINSON and Shanika Robinson, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 25, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip C. Zane , Washington, DC, for appellant Leon Robinson.

Justin Murray , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Alice Wang , Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant Shanika Robinson.

John P. Gidez , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman , Suzanne Grealy Curt , Michelle D. Jackson , and Jocelyn S. Ballantine , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GLICKMAN and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges, and STEADMAN, Senior Judge.


GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellants Shanika Robinson and Leon Robinson were convicted of a number of offenses committed in connection with the armed robbery and murder of Shahabuddin Rana on August 18, 2009.1 The principal issue before us, raised by Shanika Robinson, concerns the mens rea required for an aider and abettor to be subject to the additional punishment that is authorized by D.C.Code § 22-4502 (2012 Repl.) when...

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