THOMAS v. U.S.

No. 14-CF-1374.

137 A.3d 166 (2016)

Donnell THOMAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 28, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ron Earnest , for appellant.

Vincent H. Cohen Jr. , Acting United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, with whom Elizabeth Trosman , Michael P. Spence , Christine Macey , and Daniel J. Lenerz , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

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


The deliberating jury at appellant's trial sent a note asking whether it could consider the absence of alibi evidence in evaluating the government's proof of appellant's presence at the scene of the crime. Over appellant's objection, the judge responded in the affirmative. We hold that the judge did not abuse his discretion...

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