Legal Opinion
Patton v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 23, 1997No. 94-CF-1661PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
In March, 1991, Stevie L. Patton was convicted by a jury of two counts of first-degree murder while armed. See D.C.Code §§ 22-2401, -3202 (1996). On November 22, 1993, this court reversed his convictions, holding that the trial judge had erred by admitting into evidence police testimony regarding certain hearsay statements which Patton’s mother had made to police officers. Patton v. United States, 633 A.2d 800 (D.C.1993) (per curiam) (Patton I). Patton was retried and, on September 21,1994, he was convicted of two counts of second degree murder while armed.
Patton took…
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