JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 89-CF-302, 91-CO-650.

616 A.2d 1216 (1992)

Michael C. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 3, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter H. Meyers, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Michael F. Tubach, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher and David Schertler, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, STEADMAN, Associate Judge, and BELSON, Senior Judge.


ROGERS, Chief Judge:

Appellant Michael Johnson appeals his convictions of involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to a child, D.C.Code §§ 22-2405, -901 (1981), on five principal grounds.1 He contends that the trial court (1) improperly allowed the government to introduce confidential communications between appellant and his common-law wife in violation of the spousal privilege in D.C.Code...

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