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- Title: Tyrone T. Williamson v. United States
- Author : District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
- Release Date : January 11, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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GALLAGHER, Associate Judge, Retired: In this case, the government filed a multicount indictment charging appellant with one count of kidnapping (D.C. Code 1973, § 22-2101); four counts of rape (id., § 22-2801); four counts of sodomy (Id., § 22-3502); and one count of assault with a dangerous weapon (id., § 22-502). On motion by appellant's counsel at the close of the government's case, the court acquitted appellant on one count of rape and one count of sodomy. The case then went to the jury on the remaining eight counts. The jury returned verdicts of not guilty on the counts charging kidnapping, rape, and sodomy, and a verdict of guilty on the count charging assault with a dangerous weapon. Appellant raises three basic issues on appeal. Appellant's first and primary contention is that the government failed to introduce sufficient evidence to support a conviction for assault with a dangerous weapon. Appellant's second argument is that the prosecutor substantially prejudiced appellant by eliciting complainant's testimony that she feared appellant had a gun and by improperly exploiting this testimony in his closing argument. He asserts that her testimony relating to the gun was irrelevant to the crime charged in the indictment -- assault with a dangerous weapon (umbrella with a copper pipe attached) 1 -- and was a likely cause of prejudicial jury confusion during their deliberations on whether the umbrella with the copper pipe attached was a dangerous weapon. Finally, appellant argues that the trial Judge abused his discretion and prejudiced appellant by admitting evidence of appellant's alleged flight from this jurisdiction prior to trial.
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