Whitaker v. United States

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

Arenetta Whitaker was convicted by a jury of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence (PFCV),1 in violation of D.C.Code § 22-3204(b) (Supp.1992). On appeal, she contends that the trial judge committed reversible error by failing to rein-struct the jurors when it became apparent that, in the absence of reinstruction, they were likely to return inconsistent verdicts incompatible with the judge’s original charge. She claims that as a result of this erroneous failure to reinstruct, the jurors found her guilty of a compound offense although they were unable to…