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GRAVES v. U.S.

No. 85-732.

554 A.2d 1145 (1989)

Edmond F. GRAVES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 7, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Greenman, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Scott Howe, Public Defender Service, were on the brief for appellant.

William M. Blier, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, and Elizabeth Trosman, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, STEADMAN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

Edmond Graves was convicted of second-degree murder while armed and carrying a dangerous weapon. On appeal he alleges that the trial court committed reversible error by refusing to instruct the jury on the law concerning defense of others, despite his request for this instruction. We agree and reverse the conviction of second-degree murder. We affirm the conviction of carrying a dangerous weapon.

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