Legal Opinion
Johnson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 27, 2000No. 97-CF-995, 97-CF-1558PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
In this appeal of their convictions for robbery, D.C.Code § 22-2901 (1996), 1 both Walter Harris and Earl Johnson contend that the trial court erred in entering a judgment of guilty because (1) the evidence was insufficient to support their convictions for robbery; and (2) the trial court committed reversible error when it declined to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of attempted robbery. We affirm, concluding 1) the evidence was sufficient to support appellants’ convictions for robbery and 2) on the facts of this case in which the disputed fact, if…
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