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GILES v. UNITED STATES

No. 79-101.

432 A.2d 739 (1981)

Bessie A. GILES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Mertens, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., with whom Silas J. Wasserstrom and Katharine Kravetz, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., were on briefs, for appellant. A. Franklin Burgess, Jr., Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Harold L. Cushenberry, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Carl S. Rauh, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, Washington, D. C., John A. Terry and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, NEBEKER and HARRIS, Associate Judges.

HARRIS, Associate Judge:

Appellant was charged in a single-count indictment with second-degree murder while armed, D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-2403, -3202, for the stabbing death of her common-law husband. In a jury trial, appellant was convicted of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter while armed. She challenges the trial court's admission of an out-of-court statement made by the decedent to a co-worker that appellant...

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