GATLIN v. U.S.

No. 03-CF-1173.

925 A.2d 594 (2007)

Cortez GATLIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Zucker, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Elizabeth H. Danello, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III, Elizabeth Trosman, and Gary M. Wheeler, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REID and BLACKBURNERIGSBY, Associate Judges, and KING, Senior Judge.


REID, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant, Cortez Gatlin, of second-degree murder (of Kevin Buckman) while armed, a lesser included offense of the charged first-degree (premeditated) murder while armed;1 and assault with a dangerous weapon (baseball bat), in violation of D.C.Code § 22-502 (1996), recodified at D.C.Code § 22-402 (2001).2 He challenges his convictions mainly on the grounds that...

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