Legal Opinion
Lyons v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 28, 1994No. 89-CF-250, 89-CF-299PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court by Associate Judge TERRY.
Concurring opinion by Senior Judge KERN at p. 20.
TERRY, Associate Judge:
This case arises from a murder for hire committed in the course of appellants’ cocaine-selling operation. Following a three-week trial, a jury found appellant Lyons guilty of first-degree murder while armed,1 assault with a dangerous weapon (ADW),2 and conspiracy to distribute cocaine;3 appellant Cooper was found guilty of second-degree murder while armed,4 ADW, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, and carrying a pistol ■without a license.5 Both Lyons and Cooper appealed, and in…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Dickerson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- Lyons v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Gibson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- Martin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- Dickerson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
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