King v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
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…
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