Legal Opinion
Morrison v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 29, 1988No. 87-401PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted of receiving stolen property, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-3832 (1988 Supp.). 1 On appeal he argues that the trial court erred by admitting irrelevant, prejudicial evidence and that improprieties in the prosecutor’s rebuttal summation were so great as to require reversal. We hold that the challenged evidence was relevant to the case and properly admitted by the court. We agree that the prosecutor’s comments were not entirely proper, but we are satisfied that they did not substantially prejudice appellant, especially in view of his own…
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- Hammill v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Scott v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
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