Legal Opinion
James A. Corbin v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 23, 2015No. 13-CF-410PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:
The central issue on appeal is one of statutory construction, namely, whether the District of Columbia’s carjacking statute, D.C.Code § 22-2803 (2001), encompasses attempted unarmed carjacking. We conclude that it does not, and that the government must charge a suspect of attempted unarmed carjacking under our general attempt statute, D.C.Code § 22-1803 (2013 Supp.), separately from the completed offense.
Following a jury trial, appellant James Corbin was found guilty of four counts resulting from two incidents that occurred on December 16, 2007. For the…
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