MARTINEZ v. U.S.

No. 85-1085.

566 A.2d 1049 (1989)

Antonio MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Mason, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Scott W. Howe, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Ann K.H. Simon, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY, Associate Judge, GALLAGHER, Senior Judge, and MACK, Associate Judge, Retired.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant Antonio Martinez and his brother, Geremias Martinez, were tried jointly for second-degree murder while armed.1 A jury acquitted appellant's brother of all charges, but found appellant guilty of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter while armed.2 At trial the court permitted the government, on cross-examination, to impeach appellant's credibility with a prior...

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