Ingram v. United States

FERREN, Associate Judge:

An indictment jointly charged appellant Ingram and codefendant Morgan with offenses attributable to the armed robbery of a Georgetown video arcade on May 9, 1988. After a jury trial in August 1989, appellant was convicted of armed robbery, D.C.Code §§ 22-2901, -3202 (1989), and was sentenced to prison for fifteen years to life. On appeal, he argues (1) the trial judge committed reversible error in failing to sever the defendants’ trials because their defenses were irreconcilable and there was a danger the jury would unjustifiably infer from this conflict alone that…