MATTER OF C.B.N.

No. 83-1533.

499 A.2d 1215 (1985)

In the Matter of C.B.N. Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Sitomer, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Karen J. Krueger, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Inez Smith Reid, Corp. Counsel, John H. Suda, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, BELSON, Associate Judge, and PAIR, Senior Judge.


BELSON, Associate Judge:

A Family Division judge found appellant guilty of armed robbery, D.C.Code §§ 22-2901, -3202 (1981 & 1985 Supp.), and adjudicated him a delinquent. Appellant assigns as error the trial court's refusal to permit the defense to introduce extrinsic evidence to impeach the government's key witness. We agree and reverse.1

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The complainant testified that at approximately 12:15 a.m., on...

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