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MORRISS v. U.S.

Nos. 84-1787, 84-1795.

554 A.2d 784 (1989)

James H. MORRISS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Betsy COLE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer P. Lyman, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Reita Pendry, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant Morriss.

Lawrence M. Baskir, appointed by this court, for appellant Cole.

Ann K.H. Simon, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Chevy Chase, Md., at the time the brief was filed, Michael W. Farrell and Mary Ellen Abrecht, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MACK, BELSON and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

This case, as presented by the government, involves a squalid murder for hire engineered by three older adults.1 Testimony was introduced that appellant Cole, with the aid of one Maud Oates and appellant Morriss as intermediates, paid $2,500 for her husband to be killed by a trio of admitted drug addicts.2 Cole's major arguments on appeal are addressed to the admission into evidence...

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