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BUTLER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 82-323, 82-1387 and 82-314.

481 A.2d 431 (1984)

Horace Anthony BUTLER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Ali ABDUL-MANI, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Adam Reiser, Washington, D.C., with whom Michael S. Spearman, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant Butler.

James Klein, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., with whom A. Franklin Burgess, Jr., Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, and Scott Howe, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellant Abdul-Mani. Linda Jacobson, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellant Abdul-Mani.

Mary Ellen Abrecht, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, Michael W. Farrell, Judith Hetherton, and Harold L. Cushenberry, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and FERREN, and PRYOR, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

This case involves events surrounding the highly publicized July 1980 assassination of Ali Akbar Tabatabai. Appellants Horace Butler and Ali Abdul-Mani were convicted as accessories after the fact to first-degree murder. Butler was also convicted of grand larceny and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. In addition, Abdul-Mani was convicted of two counts of perjury.1

Tabatabai was an outspoken opponent of the...

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