IN THE MATTER OF B. D. T.

No. 80-674.

435 A.2d 378 (1981)

In the Matter of B. D. T, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Silas J. Wasserstrom, Public Defender Service, and Andrew L. Lipps, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellant.

Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Philip T. Van Zile, III, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before HARRIS and PRYOR, Associate Judges, and YEAGLEY, Associate Judge Retired.


YEAGLEY, Associate Judge, Retired:

Appellant, having been found guilty of robbery,1 attacks his conviction on the ground that the trial court erred in refusing to permit him to establish the complainant's incompetency to testify. Finding this contention unpersuasive, we affirm.

The following facts were adduced at trial. On August 21, 1979, two juveniles, one in blue and one in brown, stopped Andre Wallace after following him for...

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