MATHEWS v. U.S.

No. 86-942.

539 A.2d 1092 (1988)

Henry J. MATHEWS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas T. Heslep, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Dennis R. Carluzzo, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, Michael W. Farrell, and Scott L. Fredericksen, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

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


PER CURIAM:

After a trial by jury, appellant was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon. D.C.Code § 22-501 (1981). In circumstances where appellant likely could have raised an insanity defense, but asserted self-defense instead, he contends that the trial judge erred in allowing cross-examination bearing on the reasonableness of his actions and further erred in giving a supplemental instruction to the jury to that effect. Finding these contentions unpersuasive...

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