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DAVIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 6898.

313 A.2d 884 (1974)

Wayman B. DAVIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Cross, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court as amicus curiae, with whom Patrick McEligot, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Michael G. Scheininger, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GALLAGHER, PAIR and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM.

After trial by jury, appellant was convicted of assault1 and threats to do bodily harm.2 The principal contention raised on appeal is that it was error to admit into evidence in this trial appellant's prior conviction of manslaughter.3

The contention is that the prior conviction of appellant reasonably could have no bearing upon his credibility in this trial...

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