PYNES v. UNITED STATES

No. 8111.

385 A.2d 772 (1978)

James E. PYNES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 26, 1978.

Rehearing and Rehearing en Banc Denied June 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Guidoboni, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

D. Michael Stroud, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, and William D. Pease, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee. John O'B. Clarke, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., entered an appearance for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and NEBEKER and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of premeditated first-degree murder, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2401; felony murder, id.; and armed kidnapping, D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-2101, -3202. He was sentenced to concurrent terms for the murder counts and a consecutive term for the kidnapping offense. On appeal, he cites as error (1) the imposition of a consecutive sentence on the kidnapping charge; (2)...

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