Legal Opinion
Hill v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 30, 1991No. 89-639PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of first-degree murder while armed1 for the strangling death of his former girl friend, Shelby Duncan. On appeal he contends that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a prior attack on Duncan under the motive exception set forth in Drew v. United States, 118 U.S.App.D.C. 11, 331 F.2d 85 (1964). Although we agree with appellant that the amount of evidence presented about that earlier incident was excessive, we nevertheless affirm the conviction because the evidence was admissible to prove appellant’s motive as well as…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Watts v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Thompson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Campbell v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Settles v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Robinson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
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