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BROWN v. UNITED STATES

No. 12161.

409 A.2d 1093 (1979)

James A. BROWN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Ullrich, Alexandria, Va., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry, Steven R. Schaars and Joseph B. Valder, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before NEBEKER and FERREN, Associate Judges, and YEAGLEY, Associate Judge, Retired.

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge, Retired:

A jury found appellant guilty of rape (D.C. Code 1973, § 22-2801). On appeal, he asserts reversible error was committed because (1) he was denied his right to call witnesses in his own behalf and to provide exculpatory evidence; and (2) his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation was unconstitutionally abridged by the trial court's undue limitation of his right to impeach the complainant's credibility by cross-examination. We...

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