SMITH v. U.S.

No. 13-CF-968.

175 A.3d 623 (2017)

Joseph Phil SMITH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian A. Herbert , with whom Nathaniel Edmonds , Jamie Gardner , Matthew Crossman , and Danielle R.A. Susanj , were on the brief, for appellant.

Jennifer B. Loeb , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Channing D. Phillips , United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Elizabeth Trosman , Chrisellen R. Kolb , and Peter Lallas , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Opinion by Senior Judge Farrell, concurring in part and dissenting in part, at page 633.


A jury found appellant Joseph P. Smith guilty of first-degree burglary, kidnapping, robbery, and threatening to kidnap or injure a person. Appellant argues in this appeal that the evidence was insufficient for conviction and that the trial court erred in admitting certain testimony and physical evidence, in refusing to...

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