BONILLA v. U.S.

No. 03-CF-879.

894 A.2d 412 (2006)

Melvin BONILLA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 9, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer C. Daskal, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellant.

Michael A. Columbo, Assistant United States Attorney, for appellee. Kenneth Wainstein, United States Attorney, John R. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and David B. Goodhand, and Chad T. Sarchio, and Aaron H. Mendelson, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REID and KRAMER, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.


KRAMER, Associate Judge:

At the conclusion of a jury trial, the appellant, Melvin Bonilla, was found guilty of the armed robbery of complainant, Harold Romero,1 and assault with intent to commit robbery while armed of complainant, Jose Hernandez.2 On appeal, he contends that the trial judge erred in declining to give a jury instruction stating that his theory of the case was that no robbery or assault with...

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