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HILL v. UNITED STATES

No. 10578.

404 A.2d 525 (1979)

William D. HILL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Stiller, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, with whom Lawrence H. Schwartz, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for appellant.

Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for appellee. Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, E. Lawrence Barcella, Jr., and Neil A. Kaplan, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before YEAGLEY, HARRIS and MACK, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant was tried and convicted on charges of first-degree murder (D.C. Code 1973, § 22-2401) and possession of a prohibited weapon (D.C. Code 1973, § 22-3214(a)). He asserts the trial court erred in permitting the government to use his post-arrest statement for the purpose of impeaching him by showing he omitted therefrom facts that were included in his trial testimony. We hold that appellant's argument equating this situation with cases holding...

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