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JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 80-950.

452 A.2d 959 (1982)

William T. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 10, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. McComas, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., with whom William J. Mertens, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant. Silas J. Wasserstrom, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

William J. Birney, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed and the case was argued, John R. Fisher and David M. Stanley, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KERN, FERREN, and PRYOR, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant, who was charged with first-degree murder while armed, D.C.Code 1981, §§ 22-2401, -3202, and carrying a pistol without a license, id., § 22-3204, was convicted, after a jury trial, of a lesser included offense, voluntary manslaughter while armed, and the weapons offense. He seeks to overturn these convictions on the ground that the trial court improperly excluded evidence of the decedent's prior violent acts which was relevant...

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