RICHARDSON v. U.S.

No. 11-CF-755.

98 A.3d 178 (2014)

Troy D. RICHARDSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 28, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F.C. Gain, Jr. for appellant.

Peter S. Smith , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman , Elizabeth H. Danello , Laura Bach , and Melinda Williams , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FISHER and BLACKBURNERIGSBY, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.


BELSON, Senior Judge:

Troy Richardson appeals from a judgment of conviction of voluntary manslaughter while armed and carrying a dangerous weapon (prior felon) (CDW).1 He contends that the trial court abused its discretion both in excluding evidence that supported his self-defense claim and in admitting evidence that, in the months and years before the stabbing, he regularly used PCP, and that...

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