Morris v. United States

469 A.2d 432 (1983)

John I. MORRIS, Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES, Appellee.

No. 82-63.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued July 8, 1983.

Decided November 3, 1983.

Martin S. Echter, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Joseph Michael Hannon, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell and Mark J. Biros, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., appeared on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and FERREN and BELSON, Associate Judges.

BELSON, Associate Judge:

Appellant was charged with first-degree murder, while armed, of James Bowens,…