UNITED STATES v. DAVIS

No. 6878.

330 A.2d 751 (1975)

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

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 10, 1975.

As Amended January 30, 1975.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Richard S. Shine, and Richard S. Vermeire, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellant.

Rufus G. King, III, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, was on the brief on behalf of appellee.

Before FICKLING, GALLAGHER and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


HARRIS, Associate Judge:

This case was handled by three successive trial judges at intervals over a period of nearly five months. The first judge presided over a preliminary hearing. A police officer then gave hearsay testimony directed to the question of probable cause. The court denied defense counsel's request to compel testimony by the complaining witness. At a later status hearing before a second trial judge, a different defense counsel asked that another preliminary...

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