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MILES v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 9818 and 9847.

374 A.2d 278 (1977)

Johnny E. MILES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Fletcher U. PALMER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 5, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Z. Cannon, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, with whom Albert J. Beveridge, III, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant Miles.

Philip C. Jones, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, for appellant Palmer.

Larry C. Willey, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and William D. Pease, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, FICKLING and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellants Miles and Palmer were convicted by a jury of second-degree burglary, arson, destruction of property valued in excess of $200.00, and the manufacture of Molotov cocktails.1 Miles asserts on appeal that the trial judge erred in refusing to permit cross-examination of the government's chief witness, Detective Carl C. Stump, about his role in a previous trial for possession of narcotics in which Miles was...

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