Legal Opinion
King v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 22, 2013No. Nos. 10-CF-149, 10-CF-318PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Chief Judge:
Appellants Rahshawn King and Christopher Holmes were convicted after a joint jury trial of carjacking and robbing James Nelson at gunpoint in southeast D.C. on October 24, 2008. In addition, Holmes was independently convicted of obstruction of justice and conspiring to obstruct justice based on phone calls he made from jail to Terrence Connor between January 10, 2009, and February 24, 2009.
On appeal, Holmes argues that the trial court erred in allowing a police officer and a detective to testify as lay witnesses to the meaning of certain “street lingo” used in the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- State v. BrownTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
- United States v. GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2005
- United States v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2010
- United States v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2010
- Nixon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
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