COWAN v. U.S.

No. 90-CF-327.

629 A.2d 496 (1993)

James COWAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mary-Patrice Brown, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Asst. U.S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and SCHWELB and SULLIVAN, Associate Judges.


SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

Cowan was convicted by a jury of felony murder while armed, D.C.Code §§ 22-2401, -3202 (1989), second degree murder, id.,1 § 22-2403, carrying a pistol without a license (CPWOL), id. § 22-3204, and attempted distribution of cocaine, id., § 33-541(a)(1) (1988). He seeks reversal of all of these convictions, primarily on the ground that the trial judge refused to instruct...

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