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- Title: Stephon M. Jenkins v. United States
- Author : District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
- Release Date : January 28, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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PRYOR, Senior Judge: Appellant Stephon Jenkins ("Jenkins") was convicted of first-degree murder while armed, in violation
of D.C. Code §§ 22-2401, -3202 (1989 & 1992 Supp.). On appeal, Jenkins contends: (1) that the decedent's
statements to a police officer were improperly admitted at trial under the dying declaration exception to the hearsay rule
of evidence, and (2) that the trial court denied him a meaningful opportunity to explore the bias of government witness Gary
Murphy on cross-examination. For the following reasons, we affirm. I.