ALAZAJUAN M. GRAY and CLIFTON SMITH v. UNITED STATES.

Opinion by Associate Judge BECKWITH, concurring in part and dissenting in part, at page 810.

FISHER, Associate Judge:

Appellants Alazajuan Gray and Clifton Smith appeal their convictions for robbing Metro passengers of cellphones on two separate occasions.. They primarily contend that the charges stemming from each event should have been tried separately. Because the court should have severed the counts, we reverse appellants’ convictions for unarmed robbery on September • 28, 2012, and Smith’s conviction for receiving stolen property on that same date. We are not persuaded by appellants’…