Powell v. United States

MACK, Associate Judge:

Following a jury trial, appellant Powell was convicted of carrying a pistol without a license (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3204) and both appellants, Fields and Powell, were convicted of armed robbery (D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-2901 and -3202). On appeal, appel lants assert that comments made by the prosecutor during closing and rebuttal arguments constituted such prejudicial misconduct as to require a new trial. We find the prosecutor’s comments to be improper. Since we cannot say that the misconduct did not substantially sway the judgment of the jury in its deliberations in the…