MESA v. U.S.

No. 02-CF-915.

875 A.2d 79 (2005)

Joseph MESA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferris R. Bond, appointed by the court, Washington, for appellant.

David B. Goodhand, with whom Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher and Elizabeth Trosman, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and FARRELL and REID, Associate Judges.


REID, Associate Judge.

A jury convicted appellant Joseph Mesa of multiple crimes, including two counts of first-degree murder while armed of Eric Plunkett and Benjamin Varner, in violation of D.C.Code §§ 22-2401, -3202 (1996), recodified at D.C.Code §§ 22-2101, -4502 (2001). He challenges the trial court's determination that he failed to establish the existence of a common law marriage with a government...

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