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OWENS v. U.S.

Nos. 05-CF-444, 05-CF-520.

982 A.2d 310 (2009)

Glenn OWENS and Jamal Young, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 8, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jenifer Wicks, Washington, for appellant Owens.

Mindy A. Daniels for appellant Young.

Peter S. Smith, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Roy W. McLeese III, Elizabeth Trosman, and June M. Jeffries, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KRAMER and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges, and FARRELL, Senior Judge.

KRAMER, Associate Judge:

Appellant Glenn Owens was convicted of second-degree murder and appellant Jamal Young was convicted of aggravated assault in connection with the beating death of John Short. On appeal, Owens argues that the trial court committed reversible error by improperly instructing the jury on voluntary manslaughter, giving a special causation instruction, and failing to give a corrective instruction after comments made by a government witness about...

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