Byrd v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
Arrested while driving a vehicle stolen the month before, appellant in this case was convicted both of unauthorized use of a vehicle (“UUV”), a crime under D.C.Code § 22-3815 (1989), and of receiving stolen property (“RSP”), a crime under D.C.Code § 22-3832 (1989), and was given consecutive sentences. The issue before us on appeal is a recurring one: where a defendant commits a single act which meets the requirements for conviction under two distinct statutory criminal provisions, can the defendant, after being tried and convicted in a single trial of both charges,…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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