Hanna v. United States

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Appellants were each convicted of twenty criminal charges arising out of the June 4, 1991 robbery of an apartment building at 228 N Street, N.W., in which residents of the building were held captive and terrorized. 1 Appellants were sentenced to a total of 21 to 63 years in prison.

This appeal presents primarily the question whether particular convictions merge under the principles announced by the Supreme Court in Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299, 52 S.Ct. 180, 76 L.Ed. 306 (1932), and by this court in Byrd v. United States, 598 A.2d 386 (D.C.1991) (en banc).…