BROOKS v. U.S.

No. 93-CF-478.

655 A.2d 844 (1995)

Steven Lee BROOKS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Elizabeth Kent, appointed by the court, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Leslie A. Blackmon, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher and Eric M. Acker, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

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


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

A jury found appellant guilty of, among other things, three counts of assault with intent to murder (AWIM) while armed, D.C.Code §§ 22-503, -2403, -3202(a)(1) (1989).1 His principal argument on appeal is that, as to two of these convictions, the trial judge committed plain error by instructing the jury on the theory of transferred intent. We affirm.

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