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PLATER v. U.S.

Nos. 97-CF-140, 97-CF-143, 97-CF-486.

745 A.2d 953 (2000)

Joseph E. PLATER, Samuel J. Capies, and Anthony R. Morrison, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 17, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter N. Mann, appointed by the court, for appellant, Joseph E. Plater.

Michael Lasley, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant, Anthony R. Morrison.

Christopher S. Merriam, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant, Samuel J. Capies.

Anthony Barkow, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and Timothy J. Heaphy, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REID and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

WASHINGTON, Associate Judge.

Appellants Plater, Morrison, and Capies were indicted on charges of second-degree murder while armed,1 and tried jointly. A jury convicted Capies and Plater of voluntary manslaughter, while armed.2 Morrison was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, unarmed.3 The appeals of Plater, Morrison, and Capies were consolidated by this court. Plater, Morrison...

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