LEWIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 12288.

408 A.2d 303 (1979)

Archie V. LEWIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Tomar, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

William J. Mertens, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., with whom Silas J. Wasserstrom, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, appointed by this court as amicus curiae, for appellant.*

Peter E. George, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., at the time the briefs were filed, and John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEBEKER, MACK and FERREN, Associate Judges.


FERREN, Associate Judge:

After issuance of our first opinion and order in this case, Lewis v. United States, D.C.App., 393 A.2d 109 (1978), the government petitioned for rehearing. We granted the petition (without vacating our opinion and order) to give further consideration to Parts IV and V of that opinion, specifically to the government's arguments that (1) the impeachable convictions of government witnesses are not Brady...

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