BENJAMIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-729.

453 A.2d 810 (1982)

Jeffrey A. BENJAMIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 15, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Franklin Burgess, Jr., Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., with whom William J. Mertens, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Lisa J. Stark, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., when the brief was filed, John R. Fisher and Barry M. Tapp, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEBEKER, PRYOR and BELSON, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant of assault with a dangerous weapon, D.C.Code 1981, § 22-502, assault with intent to rob while armed, id., §§ 22-501, -3202, and carrying a pistol without a license, id., § 22-3204. Appellant contends that his Sixth Amendment right of confrontation was abridged by the trial court's limitation on bias cross-examination of the complaining...

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