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MORRIS v. U.S.

No. 91-CF-1067.

648 A.2d 958 (1994)

Maurice W. MORRIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 20, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Rhyne, McLean, VA, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Douglas F. Gansler, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese III, James F. Rutherford, and Margaret R. Batten, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and MACK, Senior Judge.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

Appellant pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter while armed, D.C.Code §§ 22-2405, -3202 (1989 & 1994 Supp.). The factual basis for the plea, in essence, was that he was "playing with" a loaded pistol in the company of others when it accidentally fired and struck Eric King in the head, killing him. Appellant now contests the enhanced ("while armed") portion of his sentence, contending...

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