Legal Opinion
Isler v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 20, 1999No. 94-CF-1362PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
A jury found appellant (Isler) guilty of armed first-degree murder and related offenses for the shooting death of Donald Brown. Against formidable identification testimony, Isler’s defense was that a third person, Derrick Twyman, had killed Brown mainly in retaliation for a prior shooting of Twyman by Brown, whereas no reason had been shown for Isler to kill Brown. Attempting to neutralize this defense, the prosecutor called Twyman as a witness in rebuttal, and he testified that he was elsewhere playing basketball at the time of the charged shooting. 1 He further…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Carter v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Littlejohn v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- McClellan v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
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3Cited by3 opinions
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