HOLLOWAY v. U.S.

No. 08-CF-1454.

25 A.3d 898 (2011)

Katrina HOLLOWAY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corinne Beckwith , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein , Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellant.

Angela M. Miller , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III , Elizabeth Trosman , and Scott L. Sroka , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, and GLICKMAN and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges.


GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

The jury in this criminal prosecution found appellant Katrina Holloway guilty of arson, rejecting her claim that she set the fire by accident and not on purpose. The sole issue before us on appeal is whether the trial court erred when it instructed the jury on appellant's theory of defense. Appellant contends the court violated her right to due process by refusing to make clear to the jury that the government bore the burden of proving beyond...

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