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McNEIL v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-175.

465 A.2d 807 (1983)

John McNEIL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 2, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Lee Dier, Clarksville, Md., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Donald J. Allison, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Barry M. Tapp, and Alan D. Strasser, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KERN and MACK, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

Appellant alleges several instances of prosecutorial misconduct which he contends mandate reversal of his conviction. They are: the failure to correct the false testimony of a witness; the introduction of evidence of appellant's other crimes before appellant took the stand; and comments in closing argument without evidentiary foundation. He further contends reversible error in the court's curtailing cross-examination of Ms. Brown. We find that...

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