Legal Opinion
Young v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 17, 1978No. 10444PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder for a fatal stabbing. D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2403. He contends that the trial court committed reversible error (1) by ruling that statements which had been made by the decedent concerning the stabbing were admissible as spontaneous utterances, and (2) by giving the jury a specific instruction concerning dying declarations at the conclusion of the testimony of three witnesses to the declarations, rather than after the first witness’ testimony. We affirm.
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On November 6, 1974, appellant spent most of the day at the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- United States v. James Glenn, A/K/A James M. GreenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- State v. PearceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1894
- Wilson v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1970
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- United States v. WoodfolkDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
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