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ALEXANDER v. UNITED STATES

No. 2037.

134 A.2d 485 (1957)

James H. ALEXANDER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided August 30, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur W. Sewell, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Alfred Burka, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and Milton Eisenberg, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, HOOD, Associate Judge, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).

CAYTON, Acting Judge.

A jury convicted James H. Alexander of assault, and he appeals.

The first claim of error is that the trial judge improperly limited the scope of cross-examination of a police officer. The approved statement of evidence recites that "after extensive questioning" on cross-examination, the officer denied having previously told defense counsel that "he had arrested the wrong man" and that "he had been threatened by a gang." Then appears the...

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