Tate v. United States

FERREN, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant Melvin Tate of robbery, D.C.Code § 22-2901 (1989), as a result of a purse-snatching incident on May 24, 1987. Appellant contends on appeal that, by excusing for cause a potential juror who stated that he was unavailable to serve on the jury because the trial schedule would conflict with his participation in a Veterans Administration methadone maintenance program, the trial court violated appellant’s right under the Sixth Amendment to trial by a jury drawn from a fair cross-section of the community. Appellant further argues that the trial…