LLOYD v. U.S.

Nos. 99-CF-1097, 99-CF-1167.

806 A.2d 1243 (2002)

Douglas LLOYD and Earl Thurston, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. Hart, Washington, DC, for appellant Lloyd.

Nathan I. Silver, Bethesda, MD, for appellant Thurston.

Ann K.H. Simon, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Deborah L. Sines, and Elizabeth Trosman, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FARRELL, RUIZ, and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

These appeals present primarily the issue of whether the transferred intent doctrine, firmly embedded in our jurisprudence, permits a first-degree murder conviction for the shooting death of an unintended victim when the intended victim has also been shot dead. Appellants argue that where the crime intended— here premeditated murder—has actually been committed against the intended victim, the evidence of intent is insufficient...

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