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BLACKSON v. U.S.

No. 06-CF-1494.

979 A.2d 1 (2009)

Michael D. BLACKSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice Wang, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, and Samia Fam, were on the brief, for appellant.

John P. Gidez, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Roy W. McLeese III, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and Michelle D. Jackson, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REID, KRAMER and OBERLY, Associate Judges.

KRAMER, Associate Judge:

Shortly after 2:00 a.m. on April 24, 2005, appellant Michael Blackson shot and killed Lavelle Jones. This fact was undisputed at trial. The sole issue was whether the shooting was a "revenge killing," as theorized by the government, or a self-defense shooting, as asserted by the defense. The jury convicted Blackson of second-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence ("PFCV"), and carrying a pistol without...

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