Kidd v. United States

REID, Associate Judge:

Appellant, Donte J. Kidd, challenges his conviction on the charge of first-degree premeditated murder while armed. 1 He mainly contends that the trial court’s erroneous aiding and abetting jury instruction violated his constitutional due process right, because under our decision in Wilson-Bey v. United States, 903 A.2d 818 (D.C.2006) (en banc), 2 and other cases, the trial court failed to properly instruct the jury on the mens rea element of the mur der charge; that is, the government must prove premeditation, deliberation, and the specific intent to kill in an aiding…