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GARCIA v. U.S.

No. 00-CF-1362.

848 A.2d 600 (2004)

Carlos A. GARCIA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 6, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Tan, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Kali N. Bracey, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellant.

Bernard J. Delia, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Mary Patrice Brown, and John J. Soroka, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY, FARRELL and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.

GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

Carlos A. Garcia was tried before a jury on a charge of involuntary manslaughter and convicted of the lesser included offense of negligent homicide. Garcia asks us to reverse his conviction on the ground that the involuntary manslaughter charge was not supported by the evidence. Although the jury acquitted Garcia of that charge, his theory is that its improper submission improperly encouraged the jury to render a compromise verdict. It is...

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