Dean v. United States

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellants Trice and Dean appeal their respective convictions for first-degree murder and accessory after the fact to first-degree murder, urging for our consideration four assignments of error. Trice complains of the trial court’s failure to give an immediate cautionary instruction concerning statements admissible only against Déan, and of its refusal to give a requested instruction on manslaughter as a lesser included offense of murder. Dean argues in addition that the trial court erred in denying his mid-trial motion for severance and in not requiring the government…