Robert BURRELL, Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES, Appellee.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 21, 1982.
Decided February 11, 1983.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
W. Anthony Fitch, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., with whom William J. Mertens, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., was on briefs, for appellant.
Robert B. Lyon, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher and W. Randolph Teslik, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.
Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KELLY and FERREN, Associate Judges.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
KELLY, Associate Judge:
Appellant Burrell was indicted for second-degree murder1 and was convicted of the lesser included offense of manslaughter while armed.2 On appeal, appellant asserts that he was denied a fair trial because the prosecutor introduced evidence both of his character and of the decedent's character before the character of either man was at issue. He also claims that the trial court plainly...
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