Legal Opinion
Euceda v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 30, 2013No. 06-CF-1583PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECKWITH, Associate Judge:
A jury note puzzlingly “fell through the cracks”1 during deliberations in appellant Omar Euceda’s trial on felony murder while armed, attempted armed robbery, and weapons charges. When Mr. Euce-da’s lawyer opened the file to begin work on an appeal, he discovered the note— posing two detailed questions about an element of attempted armed robbery — but found no record that the trial court ever had responded to the questions. Counsel also determined that neither Mr. Euceda’s trial counsel nor the government had been informed of the note’s existence or given a chance to…
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