Legal Opinion
Nixon v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 2, 1999No. 96-CF-760PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC
2Per curiam
On March 11, 1999, this court issued its opinion affirming Nixon’s conviction and holding, inter alia, that the admission of Dr. Mary Ann Dutton’s testimony regarding Battered Woman’s Syndrome (BWS) was not plain error. Nixon v. United States, 728 A.2d 582 (D.C.1999) (Nixon I). Counsel for Nixon has filed a petition for rehearing en banc in which he has reiterated most of the arguments made before the division, including the claim that BWS “is perhaps the greatest fraud perpetrated in the American court system.” We adhere to the views expressed in Nixon I.
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