Legal Opinion
Parks v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 6, 1995No. 92-CF-556PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
A jury found appellant guilty of both premeditated and felony murder for the shooting death of Catherine Russell on June 30, 1990 (D.C.Code § 22-2401 (Supp.1994)), assault with intent to kill Virginia Page (Russell’s daughter) on the same date {id. § 22-501 (1989)), and related burglary and weapons charges stemming from the same events. It also found him guilty of assaulting Page on June 23, 1990 {id. § 22-504(a) (Supp.1994)).
Appellant’s principal argument on appeal is that the trial judge abused his discretion in not restricting the quantity and kind of evidence of…
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