JONES v. U.S.

No. 08-CF-716.

27 A.3d 1130 (2011)

Ricardo JONES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas T. Heslep , Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Michael T. Ambrosino , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III , John P. Mannarino , Matthew Cohen , and David Saybolt , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FISHER, Associate Judge, RUIZ, Associate Judge, Retired, and FARRELL, Senior Judge.


FISHER, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant Ricardo Jones of first-degree murder while armed and four weapons charges related to his shooting of David Valentine. He was also convicted of escape. Appellant primarily objects to the trial court's rulings admitting other crimes evidence and expert testimony on firearm and toolmark identification. He also argues that the trial court impermissibly restricted bias cross-examination of two government witnesses. Finding...

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