WEAVER v. UNITED STATES

No. 22172.

408 F.2d 1269 (1969)

Franklyn WEAVER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1969.

Petition for Rehearing Denied February 28, 1969.

Certiorari Denied May 26, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Raymond W. Russell, Washington, D. C., (appointed by this court) for appellant. Mr. Alan F. Wohlstetter, Washington, D. C., (appointed by this court) also entered an appearance for appellant.

Mr. Richard A. Hibey, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Charles A. Mays, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and McGOWAN and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied May 26, 1969. See 89 S.Ct. 1785.

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

The only issue presented by this appeal from a robbery conviction derives from Luck v. United States, 121 U.S.App. D.C. 151, 348 F.2d 763 (1965). In that case we construed the statute in this jurisdiction relating to impeachment of the credibility of witnesses in judicial proceedings by means of prior criminal conviction (14 D.C.Code § 305 (1967...

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