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SMITH v. UNITED STATES

No. 12172.

389 A.2d 1364 (1978)

Willie T. SMITH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 1, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Muse, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Ann P. Gailis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Michael W. Farrell and Frederick A. Douglas, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KERN and HARRIS, Associate Judges.

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant challenges his conviction for armed burglary, D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-1801, -3202, armed robbery, D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-2901, -3202, and assault, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-502, after a trial by jury, on the ground that the trial court committed reversible error (1) by refusing to permit a line of cross-examination which might have demonstrated bias on the part of the complaining witness, and (2) by refusing to impose...

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