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MELENDEZ v. U.S.

No. 08-CF-1516.

10 A.3d 147 (2010)

Hernan MELENDEZ, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 23, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mikel-Meredith Weidman , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein , Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellant.

Suzanne C. Nyland , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen, Jr. , United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III , Chrisellen R. Kolb , and Steven B. Snyder , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REID and FISHER, Associate Judges, and FERREN, Senior Judge.

FERREN, Senior Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant Hernan Melendez was convicted of second degree murder while armed for beating Andres Benitez to death with a baseball bat.1 He also was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon for hitting Eric Umana in the head with the bat,2 as well as possession of a prohibited weapon.3 Melendez contends on appeal that the trial court violated...

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