Legal Opinion
United States v. Morton
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 9, 2012No. 11-CO-1198PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Associate Judge:
This matter is pending in the Superior Court, where defendant Frederick Morton awaits trial on charges of burglary, robbery, kidnapping, and felony murder. In this interlocutory appeal, the government challenges the trial court’s ruling that precludes the prosecutor from introducing at trial evidence of defendant’s longstanding heroin addiction, circumstantial evidence of his drug use on the day the offenses were committed, and defendant’s admission that he committed prior burglaries to support his drug habit. The trial court recognized that defense tactics at trial…
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