CARMICHAEL v. UNITED STATES

No. 9540.

363 A.2d 302 (1976)

Robert CARMICHAEL, a/k/a Robert Carmichael, Jr., a/k/a Robbie Carmichael, a/k/a Jerry Gleaton, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 3, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William V. DePaulo, Washington, D.C., with whom Mary Lee Garfield, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, was on the brief, for appellant.

Peter E. George, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington D.C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Carl S. Rauh, Principal Asst. U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Stuart M. Gerson and David M. Bullock, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant, indicted for second-degree murder, was ultimately convicted by a jury of involuntary manslaughter. He contends that his conviction must be reversed because involuntary manslaughter is not a lesser included offense of murder in the second degree and because the trial judge erred in denying admission of the decedent's conviction for carrying a pistol without a license, offered to prove the decedent's violent character. We affirm.<...

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