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FORD v. U.S.

No. 86-1444.

549 A.2d 1124 (1988)

James A. FORD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon D. Styles, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., for appellant. James Klein, Jennifer P. Lyman, and Scott W. Howe, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellant.

Patty Merkamp Stemler, Atty., United States Department of Justice, with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, Michael W. Farrell and Thomas J. Motley, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, FERREN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

This case centers around a stabbing incident involving three young cousins living in the same household. Appellant, James Ford, was unconstitutionally denied the opportunity to cross-examine one of the witnesses (his cousin Warren Washington) to show bias or, more specifically, motive to lie. We therefore must reverse.

I.

Ford lived in the same household with Warren and Reymonte Washington, cousins to each other and to...

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