WASHINGTON v. U.S.

No. 00-CF-613.

881 A.2d 575 (2005)

Yogi WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 25, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer C. Daskal, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Samia Fam and Tracey D. Weaver, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Donnell W. Turner, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese III, and Carolyn E. Becker, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before SCHWELB, WAGNER, and REID, Associate Judges.


REID, Associate Judge.

This case raises the question as to whether the trial court erred when it allowed the jury, during its deliberations and over defense counsel's objection, to view appellant Yogi Washington up close, and at multiple angles, where the defendant had not been similarly shown to the jury during the trial. We hold that the trial court did not err in allowing the jury, at its request, to view Mr. Washington in this manner, and that their close-up view...

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