Legal Opinion

Newman v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided November 27, 2002No. 98-CO-1348, 98-CO-1456PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUIZ, Associate Judge:

This is the second appeal by Michael Newman and Delonte Samuels involving their conviction for the death of Rudy Williams.1 In their first appeal, we held *920that the trial court erred when it applied the wrong standard in excluding Samuels’ proffered evidence of other, similar crimes by a third party (“Winfield ”2 evidence), and denied Newman’s motion for a new trial pursuant to D.C.Code § 23-110 without a hearing. See Newman v. United States, 705 A.2d 246, 265 (D.C.1997). The case was remanded to determine whether Samuels’ testimony should have been admitted under the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Punch v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. Winfield v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
  4. Newman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
  5. Gethers v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Riddick v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
  2. Bruce v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
  3. United States v. MortonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2012
  4. Hunter v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009
  5. Hunter v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2009

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