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NAPOLEON v. HEARD

No. 80-1431.

455 A.2d 901 (1983)

Monte Carlos NAPOLEON, Appellant, v. Isom HEARD, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 26, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Barthel, Washington, D.C., with whom Ellen Sudow, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellant.

John W. Perry, Bethesda, Md., with whom Rotraud M. Perry, Bethesda, Md., was on the brief for appellee.

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

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

In this appeal we consider whether the trial court correctly granted a motion for summary judgment, barring a son convicted of the second-degree murder of his father from receiving the proceeds of his father's life insurance policy. We affirm, holding that a conviction of murder in the second degree precludes receipt of any insurance proceeds.

I

On September 1, 1978, Monte Napoleon repeatedly stabbed his father and stepmother...

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