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DEAN v. U.S.

Nos. 98-CF-851, 04-CO-186.

938 A.2d 751 (2007)

Marthell N. DEAN, Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 28, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan D. Nelson, with whom Jeffrey T. Green, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellant.

Elizabeth H. Danello, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, John R. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, June M. Jeffries, and Frederick W. Yette, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, RUIZ, Associate Judge, and KING, Senior Judge.

RUIZ, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of murdering a member of the Metropolitan Police Department. On appeal, he contends that the statute providing for mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the murder of a law enforcement officer, D.C.Code § 22-2406 (1995 Supp.), unconstitutionally violates the guarantee of equal protection under the laws; that the trial court should have suppressed the confession which was introduced at...

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