Legal Opinion
Keels v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 21, 2001No. 98-CF-860PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Senior Judge:
Following a jury trial, appellant William Keels was convicted of several offenses related to the homicide of Lydia Zygier. On June 26, 2000, Keels filed an initial appellate brief arguing that the trial court “improperly prohibited” defense counsel from conducting cross-examination and introducing impeachment evidence (collectively “evidentiary issues”) during the trial. With leave of the court, Keels filed a supplemental brief on December 2, 2000, asserting that his sentence of life without parole should be vacated because D.C.Code § 22-2404.1 (1996), and the trial…
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