Legal Opinion
Dean v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 28, 2007No. 98-CF-851, 04-CO-186PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted of murdering a member of the Metropolitan Police Department. On appeal, he contends that the statute providing for mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder of a law enforcement officer, D.C.Code § 22-2406 (1995 Supp.), unconstitutionally violates the guarantee of equal protection under the laws; that the trial court should have suppressed the confession which was introduced at trial because he did not validly waive his Miranda 1 rights; and that the trial court improperly coerced a deadlocked jury to render a…
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