Legal Opinion
Bouknight v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 3, 2005No. 03-CO-105, 03-CO-467PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Senior Judge:
This case requires us to rule for the first time on an appeal from the trial court’s application of the Innocence Protection Act (IPA). D.C.Code § 22-4131 (2004 Supp.). In 1994, this court affirmed on direct appeal Recco Bouknight’s conviction of three counts of first-degree (felony) murder while armed, 1 and five other related offenses. 2 Bouknight now appeals the trial court’s orders rejecting two collateral attacks upon those convictions. Bouknight claimed, under D.C.Code § 23-110 (2001), that his trial counsel had been ineffective, particularly in that he had…
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- Diamond v. DavisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
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- United States v. Christ Theodosopoulos and Khadir Ghanayem, United States of America v. Khadir GhanayemCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
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