FOX v. UNITED STATES

No. 79-898.

421 A.2d 9 (1980)

Robert R. FOX, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Kirby, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, with whom James W. Johnstone, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for appellant.

Steven C. Tabackman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, John R. Fisher, and Cheryl M. Long, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and NEBEKER and FERREN, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

After a jury trial appellant Fox was convicted of second-degree murder while armed, D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-2403, -3202. Although appellant raises four issues on appeal, we need to discuss only two, both of which are evidentiary in nature.1 He contends that the trial court erred in (1) admitting, over timely objection, the victim's hearsay statement that she feared the appellant, and (2) failing to grant...

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