Gilchrist v. United States

REID, Associate Judge:

Appellant, Latrel L. Gilchrist, appeals his multiple convictions pertaining to the murder of Bernard Davis, and his single conviction relating to the murder of a witness who saw the fatal shooting of Mr. Davis. 1 He claims that the trial court’s application of our decision in Lamner v. United States, 2 concerning a declaration against penal interest, constituted reversible error because the first prong of the test articulated in Lawmer violated his constitutional rights under the Sixth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution, and because the trial court incorrectly…