Legal Opinion
Byrd v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 20, 1976No. 9478, 9479PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge.
Appellants were convicted by a jury of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a service station employee and were sentenced to imprisonment for terms of 20 years to life. Together they raise the question whether the prosecutor improperly commented on their Fifth Amendment right not to testify. 1 Appellant Crowe as serts three additional issues: (1) the sufficiency of evidence for a conviction as an aider and abettor; (2) the denial of his motion for severance; and (3) the trial court’s refusal to give a self-defense instruction. We affirm the convictions.
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2Cases cited22 opinions
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- United States v. Thomas D. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- James C. Long v. United States of America, Robree C. Earle v. United States of America, William E. Huff v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by62 opinions
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