Legal Opinion
Hazel v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 31, 1991No. 87-127, 87-128, 89-1160, 89-1239, 89-1376 and 89-1387PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
This case concerns a falling out between two partners in a drug operation — appellant Bobby Hazel and his erstwhile colleague Walter Curry — and their multiple venting of bad blood by shooting at each other in a variety of public settings. The two principal issues on appeal deal with, first, the admission of evidence of uncharged criminal acts as background to and occurring in the course of the on-going feud, assertedly in violation of Drew v. United States, 118 U.S.App.D.C. 11, 331 F.2d 85 (1964), and second, the trial court’s reinstruction of the jury in…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Rushen v. SpainSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
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