Legal Opinion
Shivers v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 16, 1987No. 84-123, 85-595PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
A jury convicted appellant, Michael Shivers, of one charge of assault and one charge of carrying a pistol without a license. 1 Appellant argues on appeal that 1) the trial court gave an incorrect jury instruction on the pistol charge (and that in any event the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction on that charge), and 2) the trial court did not adequately instruct the jury on the requirement of a unanimous verdict for a conviction on the assault charge. 2 Since defense counsel did not object to these alleged instructional errors at trial, we will reverse…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. FradySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- United States v. Franklin Delano GipsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Nicholas J. Mangieri, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Lemon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Gray v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Gardner v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- Horton v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Simms v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
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