UNITED STATES v. PIERSON

No. 73-1831.

503 F.2d 173 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America v. Aubrey E. PIERSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Moran, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), for appellant. George P. Lamb, Jr., Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), was on the brief for appellant.

James M. Hanny, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry and Barry W. Levine, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

Before WRIGHT and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, United States Senior District Judge for the District of Montana.


JAMESON, District Judge:

Appellant, Aubrey E. Pierson, was convicted of armed robbery and carrying a dangerous weapon in violation of 22 D.C.Code §§ 2901, 3202 and 3204.1 He contends that the district court erred in permitting a witness to give his lay opinion regarding the direction of a bullet fired into a wall at the scene of the alleged crime.

According to the Government's evidence, at approximately 3:00 A.M. on January...

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