Legal Opinion

King v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided August 22, 2013No. 10-CF-1263PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUIZ, Senior Judge:

Rashawn King appeals his convictions for first-degree murder and related weapons charges. On appeal, he challenges two evidentiary rulings: The admission of evidence of flight and the admission of evidence he claims falsely implicated him in threatening a witness. We conclude there was no error requiring reversal and affirm appellant’s convictions.

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On October 14, 2008, Toni Smart identified appellant as the man she saw shoot and kill her friend, James Hill, earlier that day.1 After Smart’s identification, police searched for appellant. They obtained a *115warrant for his…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. United States v. Larry Allen MyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  4. Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
  5. Alberty v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Vernon Headspeth v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2014
  2. Brian Lamont Copeland v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2015
  3. Cynthia Sanchez v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2014

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