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WESLEY v. U.S.

Nos. 84-1704, 84-1734.

547 A.2d 1022 (1988)

John Q. WESLEY, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Angelo BOONE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Olshonsky, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant Wesley.

Jamie S. Gardner, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Jennifer P. Lyman, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant Boone.

Thomas E. Booth, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, and Michael W. Farrell and Mary Ellen Abrecht, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, BELSON, and TERRY, Associate Judges.

BELSON, Associate Judge:

Appellants challenge their convictions, by a jury, of two counts of armed robbery, D.C.Code §§ 22-2901, -3202 (1981 & 1987 Supp.), arising out of an incident that occurred in an abandoned barbershop on 7th Street, N.W. Appellant Wesley contends that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing the prosecutor to cross-examine him extensively about his admitted drug dealings prior to the incident. Co-appellant Boone raises...

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