Legal Opinion
Bowler v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 16, 1984No. 82-1701PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
On November 9, 1982, appellant Joseph D. Bowler, was found guilty after a jury trial of murder in the second degree in violation of D.C. Code §§ 22-2403, -3202 (1981) and acquitted of two counts of assault in violation of D.C. Code § 22-504 (1981).1 Appellant was sentenced on De-*680eember 20, 1982 to a terra of imprisonment from fifteen to forty-five years. Appellant contends that several instances of prosecu-torial misconduct prejudiced and coerced the jury into finding the malice necessary to support a verdict of second-degree murder. Specifically, he argues that the…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Williams v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Mills v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- United States v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1994
- Arnold v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- State v. JenkinsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1994
- Logan v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
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