Legal Opinion
Bostick v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 10, 1992No. 90-915PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
This appeal arises from the conviction of Bryan Bostick for second degree murder while armed under D.C.Code §§ 22-2403 and -3202 (1989). 1 Appellant argues, inter alia, that the trial court committed reversible error by refusing to include an instruction on provocation as part of the charge to the jury on the count of second degree murder. We agree.
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Appellant was convicted in the slaying of Nathaniel Smith, known to his friends as Bubbles, a sixteen-year-old bystander at the scene of a violent encounter in front of the apartment building in which he lived. 2 At the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Mathews v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Stevenson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Bernard Austin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Comber v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- United States v. Gordon Alexander, United States of America v. Benjamin MurdockCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Bolanos v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
- Leak v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
- Swann v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- Woodard v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
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