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LEWIS v. U.S.

No. 86-1266.

541 A.2d 145 (1988)

Joseph S. LEWIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Syrie Davis, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Maureen T. Cannon, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Elizabeth H. Danello, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph diGenova, U.S. Atty., at the time the briefs were filed, and Michael Farrell and Debra Long-Doyle, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MACK, FERREN and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant on one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, D.C. Code § 22-502 (1981). He now appeals, citing numerous instances of prosecutorial misconduct in the trial of his case. We agree that the cumulative effect of the prosecutor's misconduct rises to the level of plain error. We therefore reverse appellant's conviction and remand for a new trial.

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The Government's evidence shows that the victim...

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