SANDERS v. U.S.

No. 14-CF-129.

118 A.3d 782 (2015)

Michael SANDERS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 2, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stefanie Schneider , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Alice Wang , Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

L. Jackson Thomas II , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen, Jr. , United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Elizabeth Trosman , John P. Mannarino , and Marco A. Palmieri , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before THOMPSON and McLEESE, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


Appellant Michael Sanders seeks reversal of his conviction for assault with intent to commit robbery ("AWIR"). Mr. Sanders argues that the jury was not given adequate guidance in response to a jury note about an element of the offense. We agree. Concluding that the error was not

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