Legal Opinion
Napoleon v. Heard
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 26, 1983No. 80-1431PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
In this appeal we consider whether the trial court correctly granted a motion for summary judgment, barring a son convicted of the second-degree murder of his father from receiving the proceeds of his father’s life insurance policy. We affirm, holding that a conviction of murder in the second degree precludes receipt of any insurance proceeds.
I
On September 1, 1978, Monte Napoleon repeatedly stabbed his father and stepmother. His stepmother died several hours later and his father died on December 16, 1978. Following a jury trial in which he claimed self-defense, he was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- New York Mutual Life Insurance v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Dewey v. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- United States v. LimaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Chase v. JeniferCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1959
- Ross v. LawsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
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