U.S. v. ECCLESTON

Nos. 89-3200 and 91-3138.

961 F.2d 955 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Trevor P. ECCLESTON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Ullrich, Washington, D.C. (appointed by the Court), for appellant, Trevor P. Eccleston, in Nos. 89-3200 and 91-3138.

Shanlon Wu, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher, Thomas C. Black, and Mark J. Carroll, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee in Nos. 89-3200 and 91-3138. Helen M. Bollwerk and Kevin A. Ohlson, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for appellee.

Before: RUTH BADER GINSBURG, BUCKLEY and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RUTH BADER GINSBURG:

A jury convicted Trevor P. Eccleston of narcotics and firearm offenses.1 Eccleston argues on appeal that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the convictions; he further maintains that inadmissible hearsay testimony, elicited by the prosecutor from a police officer, incurably prejudiced his right to a fair trial.2

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