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YOUNG v. UNITED STATES

No. 10444.

391 A.2d 248 (1978)

John C. YOUNG, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Christmas, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Theodore A. Shmanda, and Ann P. Gailis, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER, and HARRIS, Associate Judges.

HARRIS, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder for a fatal stabbing. D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2403. He contends that the trial court committed reversible error (1) by ruling that statements which had been made by the decedent concerning the stabbing were admissible as spontaneous utterances, and (2) by giving the jury a specific instruction concerning dying declarations at the conclusion of the testimony of three witnesses to the...

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