Legal Opinion
Hunter v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 3, 1992No. 90-1390PublishedCited by 126 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
On July 27,1990, a jury convicted Hunter of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle (UUY), D.C.Code § 22-3815 (1989), but acquitted him of armed robbery and of a lesser-included ADW1 charge arising out of the same alleged events. Hunter’s principal contention on appeal from his UUV conviction2 is that he was denied a fair trial as a result of improper prosecutorial argument. Specifically, he complains that the prosecutor violated his rights by urging the jurors not to believe his account of his contretemps with the complaining witness because he (Hunter) was relating it…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Grunewald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by126 opinions
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- United States v. PorterDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Lee v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
- Lowery v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
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