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BASSIL v. UNITED STATES

No. 84-361.

517 A.2d 714 (1986)

Bernard BASSIL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Anthony Fitch, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Daniel S. Seikaly, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell and Judith Hetherton, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MACK, NEWMAN and BELSON, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

Bassil asserts that his conviction for the second-degree murder while armed of Richard Petty and assault with intent to rob James Green while armed must be reversed. He urges that the trial court denied his right to present a defense, by ruling, that as a matter of law, evidence of the bad reputation for truth and veracity of a government witness was inadmissible.1 We...

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