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ALSTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 9568.

383 A.2d 307 (1978)

Tony W. ALSTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gaillard T. Hunt, 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., and John A. Terry and Gerard F. Treanor, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and HARRIS, Associate Judges.

HARRIS, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of carrying a pistol without a license. D.C. Code 1973, § 22-3204. He urges several grounds for reversal, most of which are related to his unsuccessful attempts to secure testimony on his behalf from his former codefendant, who would have been the sole defense witness. Although we reject the majority of appellant's claims, we reverse due to the trial court's error in excluding the transcribed and relevant...

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