Legal Opinion
Hager v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 21, 2002No. 99-CF-902PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Associate Judge.
Appellant, Thomas Hager, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter while armed. 1 The trial court sentenced Hager to a term of imprisonment of ten to thirty years for manslaughter and a consecutive ten years to life for the use of a firearm during the commission of the crime. Hag-er filed a timely notice of appeal. Hager raises two issues on appeal: 1) the trial court abused its discretion when it precluded him from arguing that one of two other named persons present at the crime scene may have committed the murder; and 2) the trial judge erred in imposing a…
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