Legal Opinion

Beale v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided June 20, 1983No. 81-614PublishedCited by 85 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KERN, Associate Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder while armed in violation of D.C.Code §§ 22-2401, 3202 (1981), and carrying a pistol without a license in violation of D.C. Code, § 22-3204 (1981). He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 20 years to life imprisonment for murder and one year imprisonment for carrying a pistol without a license.

On appeal, he raises a spectrum of issues and alleges several instances of improper prosecutorial conduct, erroneous trial court rulings on evidentiary matters and trial court error in refusing to…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. United States v. HaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Watts v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. Commonwealth v. GrazianoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975

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3Cited by85 opinions

  1. Hunter v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
  2. Roundtree v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
  3. Winfield v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
  4. Stack v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
  5. Newman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997

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