MORRIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 12259.

398 A.2d 333 (1978)

John M. MORRIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 21, 1978.

As Amended November 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Mosteller, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Jeffrey Blumenfeld, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Michael W. Farrell, and Alexia Morrison, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and MACK and FERREN, Associate Judges.


NEWMAN, Chief Judge.

Convicted by a jury of armed robbery and possession of a prohibited weapon (sawed-off shotgun), appellant challenges the admission of testimony concerning the description of the robbers given by the complainant to police officers immediately after the robbery. Appellant also argues that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to permit cross-examination of appellant's girlfriend as to his actual use of her father's car on the day of...

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