Legal Opinion
Hawthorne v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 19, 1984No. 82-549, 82-1675PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Associate Judge:
Appellants raise two issues in this appeal from their convictions by a jury of felony murder while armed during the commission of a burglary in the first degree (D.C.Code §§ 22-2401, -3201 (1981)) and first degree burglary (D.C.Code § 22-1801(a) (1981)). They contend their convictions of burglary, and the associated felony murder counts,' cannot stand because the government failed to produce sufficient evidence that they entered the premises with the intent to steal. They also argue that the prosecutor’s closing argument substantially prejudiced them and infected the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Tyrone Gaither v. United States of America, Charles Tatum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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