SHERROD v. UNITED STATES

No. 83-1565.

478 A.2d 644 (1984)

Dennis SHERROD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Deforest Junkin, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Craig N. Moore, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, and Michael W. Farrell, John R. Fisher, and William D. Nussbaum, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, BELSON and ROGERS, Associate Judges.


ROGERS, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree while armed (D.C.Code §§ 22-2401, -3202 (1981)) and assault with intent to kill (id. §§ 22-501,-3202). He seeks reversal of his convictions on the grounds that the prosecutor's conduct in examining witnesses and closing argument denied him a fair trial; the trial judge erred in allowing inadmissible hearsay into evidence through a detective's testimony...

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