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McKINNON v. U.S.

No. 86-1034.

550 A.2d 915 (1988)

Ronald McKINNON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew C. Drew was on the brief for appellant.

Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, and Elizabeth Trosman, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, FERREN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

According to the government's evidence at trial, appellant slashed the throat of his girlfriend from ear to ear. Although she survived the initial assault, she died suddenly six weeks later from hepatitis apparently contracted as a result of the treatment of her wounds. A jury convicted appellant of first degree premeditated murder while armed, D.C.Code §§ 22-2401, -3202 (1981), and the court sentenced him to twenty years to life...

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