Legal Opinion
Harris v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 23, 2003No. 98-CF-1630PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
Michael Harris was charged with the first degree murder of James Monroe, who was shot to death on July 28,1995. Harris argued that he acted in self-defense. Harris claimed that James Monroe’s nephew Donald Monroe had a grudge against Harris and had ordered James Monroe and another man named Thaddeus Lowe to kill Harris. Harris’s first trial ended in a mistrial after the jury deadlocked; after retrial a jury convicted Harris of the lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter and related charges of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence and carrying a…
2Cases cited64 opinions
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