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BLUNT v. U.S.

No. 04-CF-1409.

959 A.2d 721 (2008)

Frederick BLUNT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 30, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Deahl, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Jaclyn Frankfurt, and Eve Hanan, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Ann K.H. Simon, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III, Mary B. McCord, and Ann M. Carroll, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GLICKMAN, Associate Judge, FARRELL, Associate Judge, Retired, and KING, Senior Judge.

FARRELL, Associate Judge, Retired:

Appellant (hereafter Blunt) was found guilty by a jury of armed voluntary manslaughter and possession of a prohibited weapon, both arising from the death of Robert Ford. On appeal, Blunt first argues that the trial judge erroneously allowed a prosecution witness to explain that she was afraid to testify because she had been "stabbed nine times and almost lost my life by testifying" — inferentially to the grand jury in this...

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