Legal Opinion
Freeland v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 10, 1993No. 88-CF-202PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Chief Judge:
Appellant Larry Freeland makes three separate, but related claims of trial court error in appealing from his convictions of second-degree murder. D.C.Code §§ 22-2403, -3202 (Repl.1989). He contends that the trial judge erred in excluding evidence that (1) someone else was responsible for the murder of appellant’s wife, (2) threats had been made against appellant’s family, and (3) appellant had reported his fears to a prosecutor before the murder. The trial judge applied the Brown/Beale1 test in concluding that appellant had not established the requisite nexus to allow…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Nelson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- United States v. George T. KattarCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Gethers v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Harris v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
- Nelson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- Guzman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
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