United States v. James F. Bolden, United States of America v. George E. Jones

Opinion for the court filed by Judge DAVIS.

DAVIS, Judge:

Appellants were both convicted of felony-murder 1 and robbery, 2 and appellant Bolden of carrying a dangerous weapon without a license, 3 in connection with the death of Richard Owings, a security guard at the A&P grocery store on Benning Road, N.E., in the District of Columbia, on December 14, 1971. Finding the evidence sufficient and no material error in the general conduct of the trial, we affirm the convictions on the robbery and dangerous weapon counts. The trial judge’s failure, however, to fully respond to a jury inquiry about the…