Carl D. Pettyjohn v. United States

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

Appellant seeks reversal of his conviction of first degree murder (22 D.C.Code § 2401 (1967)).1 Since we find that none of appellant’s three allegations of error necessitate reversal, his conviction must be affirmed. Only two of these allegations require discussion.

Undisputed testimony adduced at trial reveals that at approximately 1:30 a. m. on August 4, 1966, appellant drove his car alongside another vehicle in the northwest section of Washington, D. C., and twice fired a shotgun into that vehicle wounding one of its three occupants. Appellant then “pulled” Miss Barbara…