Legal Opinion
Hood v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 15, 2011No. 08-CO-1581PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
Appellant Charles A. Hood was tried by a jury and found guilty of first-degree felony murder and related offenses stemming from an attack on an elderly woman in her home on the morning of May 18, 1989. This court affirmed his convictions on direct appeal in an unpublished opinion. Appellant was sentenced to lengthy terms of imprisonment and remains incarcerated.
In September 2002, appellant filed a pro se motion to set aside his convictions pursuant to D.C.Code § 23-110 (2001). The trial court construed the motion as raising a claim for relief under the then recently…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Patterson v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Medina v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Cooper v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
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