Williams v. United States

A jury convicted appellants of first-degree burglary while armed, D.C. Code §§ 22-1801(a), -3202 (1981), and felony murder while armed, id. §§ 22-2401, -3202.1 Appellants argue that reversible error attended the admission of prior consistent statements of three government witnesses and that the prosecutor’s reference to the death penalty during closing argument constituted misconduct necessitating reversal. Appellants Ronald Williams and William Johnson further assert that the trial court’s instructions respecting the principle of aiding and abetting so confused the jury as to require…