Legal Opinion
Smith v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 12, 1995No. 91-CF-1232, 93-CO-1573PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted of distributing cocaine, D.C.Code § 33~541(a)(l) (1993), and first-degree murder (felony murder) while armed, D.C.Code §§ 22-2401, 22-3202 (1989). 1 On appeal from the judgment of conviction, he contends that the trial court erred in failing to declare a mistrial when one of the government’s witnesses said that appellant “always wore a bullet-proof vest,” in allowing a witness to testify that appellant told a juvenile to “watch the strip,” and in refusing to review in camera a certain transcript that defense counsel believed might contain Brady…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Pennsylvania v. RitchieSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Green v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
- Sanders v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
- Maddox v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
- McCoy v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
- Cook v. Edgewood Management Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
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