Legal Opinion
Coreas v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 24, 1989No. 87-1166PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted of voluntary manslaughter while armed and of carrying a pistol without a license. On appeal, he urges three grounds for reversal. Specifically, he argues: 1) that the trial court erred in failing to reinstruct on self-defense, despite its reinstruction on second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter; 2) that the prosecutor engaged in various acts of misconduct including “sandbagging,” mischaracterizing the evidence, arguing facts not in evidence, impermissibly commenting on Coreas’ credibility including that Coreas set up two of his defense…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Watts v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Viereck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Dyson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
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3Cited by56 opinions
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- Ray Agard v. Leonard Portuondo, Superintendent of Fishkill Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
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