BROWN v. U.S.

No. 08-CF-693.

27 A.3d 127 (2011)

Martin A. BROWN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice Wang , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Samia Fam , Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Peter S. Smith , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III and Charles Cobb , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FISHER, THOMPSON, and OBERLY, Associate Judges.


OBERLY, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant Martin "Tony" Brown of second-degree murder while armed, based largely on statements made by the victim, his grandfather. Appellant argues that (1) the trial court erred by admitting the victim's statements under the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule, (2) admission of the statements violated his rights under the Confrontation Clause, and (3) there was insufficient evidence to prove that appellant was...

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