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BOUKNIGHT v. U.S.

Nos. 03-CO-105, 03-CO-467.

867 A.2d 245 (2005)

Recco A. BOUKNIGHT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 3, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian A. Williams, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant.

John R. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Daniel M. Cisin and Michelle A. Zamarin, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Richard K. Gilbert, Blair G. Brown, Eleanor H. Smith, and David Reiser, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for amicus curiae The Innocence Project of the National Capital Region.

Before TERRY and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

BELSON, Senior Judge:

This case requires us to rule for the first time on an appeal from the trial court's application of the Innocence Protection Act (IPA). D.C.Code § 22-4131 (2004 Supp.). In 1994, this court affirmed on direct appeal Recco Bouknight's conviction of three counts of first-degree (felony) murder while armed,1 and five other related offenses.2 Bouknight now appeals the trial court's orders...

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