Legal Opinion
Clark v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 21, 1991No. 89-700PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
Oliver Clark was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder while armed, D.C. Code §§ 22-2403, -3202 (1989), and of two misdemeanor weapons offenses. 1 The charges were precipitated by the fatal shooting of Clark’s long-term “girlfriend,” 2 Helen Harrison. Clark was sentenced to a prison term of no less than five and no more than twenty years for the homicide and to two one-year prison terms for the misdemeanors, all three sentences to run concurrently.
On appeal Clark contends, among other things, that the trial judge committed reversible error in admitting into…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Horton v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Michigan v. TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
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3Cited by74 opinions
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