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CARTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-710.

531 A.2d 956 (1987)

Ollie R. CARTER, a/k/a Randy O'Malley, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 31, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Gilbert, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Mary Ellen Abrecht, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. di Genova, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Judith Hetherton, and Roxane N. Sokolove, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEBEKER, BELSON, and TERRY, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of unauthorized use of a vehicle, assault on a police officer with a dangerous weapon (an automobile), and five counts of malicious destruction of property (five automobiles).1 On appeal he contends that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the defense of accident, in not permitting him to offer evidence of intoxication in support of that defense,...

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