Legal Opinion
Freeman v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 14, 2009No. 00-CF-1604, 06-CO-1547PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:
Appellant Kelvin Freeman was convicted, following a third jury trial, of two counts of first-degree premeditated murder while armed, one count of first-degree burglary while armed, one count of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and one count of carrying a pistol without a license. 2 On appeal, he challenges the trial court’s disqualification in his first trial of his retained counsel and the trial court’s refusal to reinstate that counsel at his third trial. He also contends that the trial court abused its discretion by denying, without a…
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