Legal Opinion
Melendez v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 3, 2011No. 08-CF-244PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Chief Judge:
Carlos Melendez appeals from his conviction for second-degree murder as the lesser-included offense of his charged crime, first-degree murder. Because we find none of his arguments to have merit, we affirm his conviction.
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On March 7, 2006, Carlos Melendez was charged with five counts: (1) kidnapping while armed (of Mayra Margot Gutierrez); (2) kidnapping (of Moisés Cardoza); (3) carjacking while armed; (4) first-degree felony murder; and (5) first-degree premeditated murder. After a jury trial, Melendez was found guilty of second-degree murder as a lesser-included…
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