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WOODEN v. U.S.

No. 07-CF-308.

6 A.3d 833 (2010)

Stacia WOODEN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 28, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine A. Monta , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Samia Fam , Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Patricia A. Heffernan , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Channing D. Phillips , Acting United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Roy W. McLeese III , Assistant United States Attorney, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before RUIZ, Associate Judge, and FERREN and SCHWELB, Senior Judges.

FERREN, Senior Judge:

The Second Amendment provides in part: "... the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."1 In this case, appellant contends that her conviction for carrying a dangerous weapon (CDW)2—a knife—should be reversed because the court's instruction to the jury violated the Second Amendment. How? By permitting the jury to convict if appellant "intended to...

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