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JONES v. UNITED STATES

No. 4651.

243 A.2d 679 (1968)

James Howard JONES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 8, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen S. Millstein, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William G. Reynolds, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Robert S. Bennett, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MYERS, KELLY and FICKLING, Associate Judges.

FICKLING, Associate Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of false pretenses.1

The Government rested its case after presenting its evidence, and before appellant opened his case, he requested a Luck ruling.2 to exclude his past record if he should take the stand to testify. As a condition precedent to a ruling, the trial judge required appellant to take the stand and be sworn as...

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