Allen v. United States

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

We recently held in Pixley v. United States, 692 A.2d 438 (D.C.1997), that the defendant’s convictions for carjacking 1 and robbery 2 did not merge. For similar reasons, we now conclude that John K. Allen’s conviction for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle (UUV) 3 did not merge with or into his carjacking conviction.

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Allen was convicted by a jury of carjacking, robbery, and UUV. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of imprisonment for carjacking and robbery and a concurrent term for UUV. On appeal, he contends that his convictions for robbery and UUV both merge into…