Legal Opinion
Leon Robinson and Shanika Robinson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 25, 2014No. 11-CF-1443 & 11-CF-1502PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
Appellants Shanika Robinson and Leon Robinson were convicted of a number of offenses committed in connection with the armed robbery and murder of Shahabud-din Rana on August 18, 2009. 1 The principal issue before us, raised by Shanika Robinson, concerns the mens rea required for an aider and abettor to be subject to the additional punishment that is authorized by D.C.Code § 22-4502 (2012 Repl.) when a violent or dangerous crime was committed while armed. We hold that in order to be subject to the “while armed” enhancement of § 22-4502, an unarmed aider and abettor…
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