Atchison v. United States

WASHINGTON, Chief Judge:

A jury found Adonnis Atchison guilty of second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon (“ADW”), as well as related weapons offenses in two separate incidents. Atchison appeals from his convictions, contending that the trial court erred by (1) failing to suppress the weapon that was recovered as a result of the execution of a search warrant in a manner that violated the District of Columbia’s knock and announce statute; (2) failing to sever the indictments for murder and ADW; and (3) instructing the jury on second-degree murder as a lesser-included offense under…