BROOKS v. UNITED STATES

No. 83-1519.

516 A.2d 913 (1986)

Charles O. BROOKS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Murphey, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Lynn Lincoln Sarko, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell and Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and FERREN and BELSON, Associate Judges.


BELSON, Associate Judge:

Appellant Charles O. Brooks was convicted of three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, D.C.Code § 22-502 (1981) and one count of carrying a pistol without a license, id. § 22-3204. On appeal, he asserts that his convictions must be reversed because the trial court improperly curtailed cross-examination of one of the complainants, and abused its discretion in holding that a portion of a grand jury transcript was not...

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