Legal Opinion
Davis v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 4, 1997No. 95-CF-1281PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
Found guilty by a jury of kidnapping and robbery, Darryl Davis raises several issues on appeal, none of which we find warrants reversal. Davis claims that the introduction of a plastic pistol obtained from him at a date seven weeks after the incident for which he was charged wrongfully suggested Davis’s criminal predisposition to the jury. He further alleges that the Winters anti-deadlock instruction given to the jury coerced a verdict. We affirm.
Davis was originally charged with armed robbery, kidnapping while armed, and possession of a firearm or imitation firearm…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Winters v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Harris v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- United States v. Glenn Dale SeawellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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