Legal Opinion
Shuler v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 30, 1996No. 94-CF-1244PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge.
Appellant was found guilty by a jury of, among other things, first degree premeditated murder while armed (D.C.Code §§ 22-2401, -3202 (1989)). For that crime he was sentenced to imprisonment for thirty years to life. His primary argument on appeal is that the trial judge erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of second degree murder while armed. Our decisions have stated the relevant test to be “whether any evidence in [the] case, however weak, offered a rational basis for such an instruction.” Hebron v. United States, 625 A.2d 884, 885…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Sparf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Stevenson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Bernard Austin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Paul Belton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Coleman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2008
- Bright v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- Leak v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
- Woodard v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
- Hernandez v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2004
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