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JONES v. UNITED STATES

No. 13065.

398 A.2d 11 (1979)

Larry E. JONES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Burchfiel, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Michael W. Farrell and Whitney M. Adams, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before GALLAGHER, YEAGLEY and MACK, Associate Judges.

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge.

Appellant was charged with second-degree murder1 and, after a jury trial, was found guilty of the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter.2

The victim was discovered by neighbors lying at the foot of a flight of stairs in an apartment building. A witness ran into the hallway after hearing a noise like "boxes coming down the steps...

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