Legal Opinion

Jenkins v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided September 12, 2013No. 06-CF-1455PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OBERLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant Raymond Jenkins was convicted of first-degree murder while armed, first-degree burglary while armed, attempt to commit robbery while armed, two counts of first-degree felony murder while armed, and possession of a prohibited weapon, all in connection with the June 1999 stabbing death of Dennis Dolinger. In this appeal, appellant seeks reversal of his convictions on the ground that his rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment were violated when the trial court permitted the government to present the entirety of its DNA evidence through the…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  4. Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  5. Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2009

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3Cited by19 opinions

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  4. United States v. Humberto Duron-CalderaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
  5. State v. Michael R. GriepWisconsin Supreme Court · 2015

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