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BURGESS v. U.S.

No. 90-CF-406.

608 A.2d 733 (1992)

Tony A. BURGESS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 5, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Sullivan, appointed by this court, for appellant.

J. Patrick Rowan, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese, III, and June M. Jeffries, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and SCHWELB and WAGNER, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Tony A. Burgess appeals his convictions1 by a jury on the principal grounds that the trial judge abused his discretion by (1) limiting bias cross-examination of a government witness, and (2) admitting testimony that the decedent called his assailant "Tony." We find no abuse of discretion by the trial judge in limiting cross-examination; the proffered testimony was unduly prejudicial while of limiting relevance to...

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