YOUNG v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 18-CF-0694 & 18-CF-1078.

305 A.3d 402 (2023)

James D. YOUNG & Tyrone Height, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 30, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam H. Zwingli , with whom Jeffrey T. Green and Kathleen Mueller , Washington, were on the brief, for appellant James D. Young.

Cecily E. Baskir for appellant Tyrone Height.

David P. Saybolt , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Channing P. Phillips , Acting United States Attorney (at the time of argument), and Chrisellen R. Kolb , John P. Mannarino , and Laura Crane , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before Blackburne-Rigsby, Chief Judge, Alikhan, Associate Judge, and Fisher, Senior Judge.


In these appeals, appellants James D. Young and Tyrone Height challenge their convictions for felony murder and second-degree murder while armed and related offenses resulting from, and following, the shooting death of Willard Shelton. They contend that the government's evidence...

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