United States v. Marvin W. Thorne

Appellant Marvin W. Thorne and Jerome Fortney were charged in a seven-count indictment with two counts of armed robbery (22 D.C.Code §§ 2901, 3202), two counts of robbery (22 D.C. Code § 2901), two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (22 D.C.Code § 502), and one count of possession of a prohibited weapon (22 D.C.Code § 3214(a)), all growing out of the May 19, 1971, robbery of a gasoline station and an off-duty employee of that station who was sleeping in a nearby automobile. Appellant was tried alone 1 2before a jury and was convicted on all counts. The trial court, the Honorable…