Curry v. United States

PRYOR, Senior Judge.

After a trial by jury, appellant appeals from his conviction of involuntary manslaughter, D.C.Code § 22-2405 (1996 Repl.), as a lesser-included offense of the second-degree murder charge in the indictment. Appellant contends the trial judge committed an abuse of discretion in allowing “prior bad acts” evidence to be admitted over his objection. We find no error in the judge’s ruling to allow the evidence, and therefore, affirm appellant’s conviction.

I

On August 12, 1997, appellant Willis Curry was driving a loaded twenty-eight and one-half ton dump truck eastbound on…