SHEFFIELD v. U.S.

Nos. 11-CF-1145, 11-CF-1284, 11-CF-1644, 12-CO-40.

111 A.3d 611 (2015)

Tawanda SHEFFIELD, Steven D. Lewis, and Allen Butler, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 12, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Spekter , Washington, DC, for appellant Tawanda Sheffield.

Sydney J. Hoffmann , for appellant Steven D. Lewis.

Thomas T. Heslep , Washington, DC, for appellant Allen Butler.

David P. Saybolt , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman , Elizabeth H. Danello , and Kevin Flynn , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

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


In this consolidated appeal, appellants Allen Butler and Steven D. Lewis appeal from their convictions for the lesser-included offense of second-degree murder while armed (D.C.Code § 22-2403, -4502) and various accompanying weapon convictions. Appellant Tawanda Sheffield also appeals her convictions for two counts of...

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