ATKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 19-CF-797.

290 A.3d 474 (2023)

Alonzo Jessie ATKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 9, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adrian Madsen for appellant.

Michael E. McGovern , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael R. Sherwin , Acting United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, Elizabeth Trosman , Suzanne Grealy Curt , and Emile C. Thompson , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before Blackburne-Rigsby, Chief Judge, and Easterly and McLeese, Associate Judges.


In this case, Alonzo Jessie Atkins appeals his convictions of unlawful possession of a firearm with a prior crime of violence, D.C. Code § 22-4503(a)(1), (b)(1), and possession of an unregistered firearm, D.C. Code § 7-2502.01(a). On appeal, he brings four claims. Appellant contends that the jury instruction...

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