Strozier v. United States

RUIZ, Associate Judge:

These are three consolidated appeals of appellant’s conviction and the trial court’s denial of his two petitions for new trial pursuant to D.C.Code § 23-110. Appellant was charged with secondrdegree murder while armed (with a hard object), 1 when he punched Billy Sharp in the face, killing him. The jury acquitted appellant of the charged offense, but convicted him of the lesser-included offense of unarmed involuntary manslaughter. 2 Appellant claims that the trial court abused its discretion by admitting two autopsy photographs of the decedent at trial. Appellant claims…