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HEATH v. U.S.

No. 08-CF-347.

26 A.3d 266 (2011)

Elliot HEATH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 21, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Ann K.H. Simon , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III , Mary B. McCord , Glenn L. Kirschner , and Lynn E. Haaland , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GLICKMAN and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges, and STEADMAN, Senior Judge.

GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

Elliot Heath appeals his convictions for armed first-degree pre-meditated murder, armed assault with intent to kill, and associated weapons offenses. He primarily contends that the trial court unconstitutionally deprived him of a meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense when it erroneously excluded expert testimony he sought to present on the subject of eyewitness identification. The government concedes, and we agree, that the...

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