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HAIRSTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 83-725.

500 A.2d 994 (1985)

Ester T. HAIRSTON, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 2, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Drury, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Gerald W. Heller, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell and Kathleen E. Voelker, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEBEKER and FERREN, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Senior Judge.

PAIR, Senior Judge:

Appellant was indicted for murder in the second degree while armed, D.C.Code §§ 22-2403 (1981), -3202 (1981 & Supp. 1985), and carrying a pistol without a license, id. § 22-3204, in connection with the April 29, 1982 shooting death of his girl friend, Lila Jones. Following a jury trial, he was acquitted of the second-degree murder charge but was convicted of the lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter while armed...

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