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HAIRSTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 83-1531.

497 A.2d 1097 (1985)

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

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blair Brown, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., with whom James Klein and Mark S. Carlin, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant.

Lynn Lincoln Sarko, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder while armed, D.C.Code §§ 22-2401, -3202 (1981), and possession of a prohibited weapon, D.C.Code § 22-3214(b) (1981). His principal claim on appeal is that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the weight to be accorded his oral admissions. He also claims the trial court erred in refusing to strike evidence...

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