Legal Opinion
Smith v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 26, 1998No. 94-CF-569PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*79WAGNER, Chief Judge:
Appellant, Darius Smith, was convicted after a jury trial of second degree murder while armed and related weapons offenses.1 Over Smith’s objection, the trial court instructed the jury on the meaning of reasonable doubt using portions of FEDERAL Judicial CenteR, PatteRN Criminal JURY Instructions, No. 21 (1988) (FJC instruction) instead of the standard instruction generally used in Superior Court, i.e., Criminal Jury Instructions for the District of Columbia No. 2.09 (4th ed. 1993) (“Redbook” instruction), for which Smith expressed a preference. See Smith v. United States,…
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