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UNITED STATES v. KNIGHT

Nos. 73-1271, 73-1272 and 73-1274.

509 F.2d 354 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America v. Arthur B. KNIGHT, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Robert L. JOHNSON, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Haywood T. KIRKLAND, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1974.

Rehearing Denied January 14, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Regina C. McGranery, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry and David G. Latimer, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Michael A. Mulroney, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), was on the brief, for appellant in No. 73-1271.

Walter D. Haynes, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), was on the brief, for appellant in No. 73-1272.

John A. Shorter, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant in No. 73-1274 and argued for all appellants.

Before TAMM, LEVENTHAL and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants were convicted in 1970 of several counts arising from the robbery of a mail truck. One of the principal prosecution witnesses at trial was Rice, a postal employee who had been aboard the truck as an armed guard at the time of the robbery. During the trial, defense counsel attempted to cross examine Rice and another witness regarding Rice's possible complicity in the robbery.1 The trial court ruled that such cross...

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