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HOOD v. U.S.

No. 08-CO-1581.

28 A.3d 553 (2011)

Charles A. HOOD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 15, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sydney J. Hoffmann , for appellant.

Leslie Ann Gerardo , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III , Mary B. McCord , and Sherri L. Berthrong , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Daniel P. Westman and Jeremy Merkelson , Washington, DC, filed a brief of amicus curiae on behalf of the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project and the Innocence Network.

Before GLICKMAN, Associate Judge, RUIZ, Associate Judge, Retired, and NEBEKER, Senior Judge.

GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant Charles A. Hood was tried by a jury and found guilty of first-degree felony murder and related offenses stemming from an attack on an elderly woman in her home on the morning of May 18, 1989. This court affirmed his convictions on direct appeal in an unpublished opinion. Appellant was sentenced to lengthy terms of imprisonment and remains incarcerated.

In September 2002, appellant filed a pro se motion to set aside...

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