HAWKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 12692.

395 A.2d 45 (1978)

Robert HAWKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 16, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott J. Daniels, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Peter C. DePaolis, 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 KELLY and KERN, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant contends his conviction for involuntary manslaughter, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2405,1 must be reversed because the prosecutor improperly introduced at trial evidence of another offense and "the prosecutor also unfairly used information provided by the defense counsel to impeach the testimony of the defendant." (Brief at 23.) We assess these asserted trial errors...

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