Legal Opinion
Evans v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 20, 2011No. 07-CF-1036PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Senior Judge:
Appellant Herbert Evans challenges his conviction for aggravated assault while armed (AAWA),1 arguing that the trial court abused its discretion in declining to grant a mistrial or, in the alternative, in declining to give a curative instruction, to deal with a comment the government made in its opening statement about evidence that was not later adduced at trial. Specifically, appellant argues that the government’s mention in its opening of a false *4exculpatory statement appellant made to police induced the defense to promise the jury in its opening that it would hear a…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Tyrone Gaither v. United States of America, Charles Tatum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Owens v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Boyd v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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