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COLEMAN v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 10882, 10915.

379 A.2d 951 (1977)

Lawrence COLEMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Terry LINDSEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 31, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Carey Woll, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, for appellant Coleman. Michael J. Walsh, appointed by the court, for appellant Lindsey.

E. Thomas Roberts, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, William D. Pease and Michael I. Gewirtz, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and GALLAGHER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

Jointly tried by a jury and convicted of first-degree burglary while armed, two armed robberies and an assault with a dangerous weapon, appellants assert that they were deprived of their Sixth Amendment right to trial "by an impartial jury." We affirm.1

On a Sunday afternoon, appellants entered the rectory of Saint Paul and Augustine Catholic Church, ostensibly for...

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