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PARKER v. UNITED STATES

No. 9572.

363 A.2d 975 (1976)

James R. PARKER, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mildred M. Matesich, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Alexia Morrison, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Peter K. Mair, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

This appeal is from a conviction after a jury trial of second-degree murder in violation of D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2403. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in (1) allowing the government to claim surprise and impeach its own witness; (2) allowing the prosecutor to cross-examine appellant's character witnesses on whether they had heard of appellant's prior arrests and convictions; and (3) refusing to call additional witnesses...

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