Jones v. United States

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder (D.C.Code §§ 22-2401, -3202), assault with a dangerous weapon (D.C.Code § 22-502), and carrying a pistol without a license (felony) (D.C.Code § 22-3204). 1 On appeal he seeks reversal of his convictions on the grounds that: the trial court erred in admitting evidence of appellant’s prior gun possession in the months before the killing; the trial court’s failure sua sponte to give any cautionary instruction to the jury on the limited use of such evidence and prior threats evidence was plain error; the trial court…