Chatmon v. United States

RUIZ, Associate Judge:

After a jury found him guilty of armed robbery1 and first-degree felony murder while armed,2 appellant received concurrent sentences of incarceration of fifteen years to life for armed robbery and thirty *95years to life for felony murder while armed,3 concurrent with any other sentences.4

Appellant contends in his direct appeal that the prosecutor’s rebuttal argument was improper and that the resulting prejudice requires reversal of his convictions. In his appeal from the trial court’s denial of his post-trial claim that his counsel was constitutionally ineffective,…