Legal Opinion
Plater v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 2000No. 97-CF-140, 97-CF-143, 97-CF-486PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Associate Judge.
Appellants Plater, Morrison, and Capíes were indicted on charges of second-degree murder while armed, 1 and tried jointly. A jury convicted Capíes and Pla-ter of voluntary manslaughter, while armed. 2 Morrison was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, unarmed. 3 The appeals of Plater, Morrison, and Capíes were consolidated by this court. Plater, Morrison, and Capíes seek reversal of their convictions based on several grounds. Appellants argue that the trial judge erred by: 1) refusing to instruct the jury on lesser-included charges of aggravated assault for…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Richardson v. MarshSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by26 opinions
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