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DIXON v. U.S.

No. 86-1480.

565 A.2d 72 (1989)

Evelyn L. DIXON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 18, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Clarke, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellant.

Kevin A. Forder, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed and Helen M. Bollwerk, and G. Paul Howes, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and MACK, Associate Judge, Retired.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

Evelyn Dixon appeals from her conviction by a jury of voluntary manslaughter while armed, in violation of D.C.Code §§ 22-2405, 22-3202 (1989). Her prosecution followed the stabbing death of her husband, Charles Dixon, after Mr. Dixon, apparently under the influence of alcohol and PCP, had swung a steel pole in a destructive and allegedly threatening manner. Ms. Dixon acknowledged at trial...

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