Legal Opinion
Woodard v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 26, 1999No. 94-CF-1600 & 97-CO-1710PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
After a jury trial, appellant, Raynard Woodard, was convicted of second-degree murder 1 and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of twenty years to life. 2 Woodard contends on appeal that the trial court erred in denying his § 23-110 motion, 3 and in imposing a minimum sentence of twenty years. Because we find that counsel’s performance did not prejudice appellant, we affirm the trial court’s denial of Woodard’s § 23-110 motion, but remand for resentencing in accordance with this opinion.
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On October 16, 1992, at about 5:00 or 5:30 p.m., Raymond Adams saw Woodard entering…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Spaziano v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- William H. Fuller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Willie WhitakerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Mercer v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2004
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