Pleasant-Bey v. United States

OBERLY, Associate Judge:

Ali Pleasant-Bey was convicted of armed robbery, D.C.Code §§ 22-2801,-4502 (2001), first-degree felony murder while armed, predicated upon armed robbery, D.C.Code §§ 22-2101, -4502, and related weapons offenses 1 for his role in the killing of Frank Sinclair. We affirm the judgment of conviction for felony murder and the weapons offenses, but remand the case for the limited purpose of vacating the armed robbery conviction, which merges with the felony murder conviction.

I. Facts.

The jury could have found the following facts. On the afternoon of June 19, 2003,…