SMITH v. U.S.

No. 85-729.

529 A.2d 312 (1987)

Dennis G. SMITH, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jamie S. Gardner, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellant.

Ann K.H. Simon, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell and Robert L. Bredhoff, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, BELSON, and TERRY, Associate Judges.


NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

Dennis Smith was convicted after a jury trial of second degree murder while armed. Before trial, Smith moved to suppress statements he made to the police following his arrest. The motion was denied; the statements were admitted in evidence at trial. Smith contends that the statements, having been obtained by the police in violation of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16...

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