DOUGLAS v. U.S.

Nos. 85-118, 85-352.

570 A.2d 772 (1990)

Perry E. DOUGLAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Anthony J. SANDERS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. Lunsford, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, was on the brief, for appellant Douglas.

Diane S. Lepley, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, was on the brief, for appellant Sanders.

Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell and Robert M. Morgan, Asst. U.S. Attys. at the time the brief was filed, and Helen M. Bollwerk and Erik P. Christian, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges, and REILLY, Senior Judge.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellants were convicted of attempted second-degree burglary, in violation of D.C. Code §§ 22-103 and 22-1801(b)(1989).1 On appeal they contend that the government failed to prove who owned the retail store that was the subject of the attempted burglary, and also failed to prove that they had a specific intent to steal. We reject both arguments and affirm the...

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