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U.S. v. DOE

Nos. 88-3146, 88-3148 and 88-3167.

903 F.2d 16 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America v. John DOE, a/k/a Louw S. Smith, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Gregory A. NOSE, a/k/a Robert Butler and Gregory Johnson, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Tarvis NEWSOME, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary E. Davis, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant in No. 88-3146.

Dennis M. Hart, Washington, D.C., appointed by this Court, was on the brief, for appellant in No. 88-3148.

Robert A. Long, Jr., appointed by this Court, with whom Mitchell Dolin, Washington, D.C., was on the brief in No. 88-3167, for appellant.

Kirby D. Bejre, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher, Helen M. Bollwerk and Elizabeth Trosman, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDWARDS, Circuit Judge, ROBINSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and REVERCOMB, District Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellants seek reversal of their convictions on drug and firearms charges.1 Several claims of prejudicial error are staked out, but we deem it appropriate to address only two: improper admission of testimony by an expert witness, and improper argument to the jury by the prosecutor. We find merit in...

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