BROOKS v. U.S.

Nos. 84-1310, 86-284.

536 A.2d 1091 (1988)

David L. BROOKS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Gary Kohlman, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

David H. Saffern, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell and Kathleen E. Voelker, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN and ROGERS, Associate Judges, and REILLY, Senior Judge.


ROGERS, Associate Judge:

In these consolidated appeals, appellant David L. Brooks appeals from his conviction by a jury of first-degree premeditated murder while armed, D.C. CODE §§ 22-2401, -3202 (1981), and the denial of his motion for a new trial, SUPER.CT.CRIM.R. 33. He contends that the trial judge erred (1) in curtailing cross-examination of a government witness with respect to a prior statement of the only eyewitness and in subsequently restricting...

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