# Hall v. United States

> District of Columbia Court of Appeals · December 15, 1982 · 454 A.2d 314

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9760036

## Case

- **Full name:** Adrian T. HALL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee
- **Court:** District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** December 15, 1982
- **Citations:** 454 A.2d 314; 1982 D.C. App. LEXIS 507
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Newman
- **Judges:** Newman, Fer-Ren, Gallagher
- **Cited by:** 32 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that a jury could find premeditation and deliberation in light of appellant’s motive, the fact that he brought the murder weapon to the scene of the crime, and the manner and circumstances of decedent’s death

## Opinion text

NEWMAN, Chief Judge,
dissenting:
I would reverse the conviction of first-degree murder on the basis of evidentiary insufficiency. I would also hold that the trial court committed reversible error by the limits it placed on the presentation of evidence linking another person to the murder.

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