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COATES v. U.S.

No. 12-CF-2047.

113 A.3d 564 (2015)

Charles M. COATES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided: April 23, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Gonen , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein , Samia Fam , and Sonam Henderson , Public Defender Service, were on the briefs, for appellant.

John Cummings , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Elizabeth Trosman and Michael Liebman , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GLICKMAN and FISHER, Associate Judges, and RUIZ, Senior Judge.

On trial for murder, appellant Charles Coates admitted having shot and killed his cousin and close friend Eddie Leonard, but claimed he did so unintentionally and in self-defense when Leonard, freaking out on PCP, threatened him with a gun. The key witness against appellant—the government's only witness capable...

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