WILLIAMS v. U.S.

No. 92-CF-1565.

642 A.2d 1317 (1994)

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

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara E. Kopecki, with whom Robert E. Sanders was on brief, for appellant.

Steven D. Mellin, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and Rachel Adelman-Pierson, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

Found guilty by a jury of assault with a dangerous weapon (D.C.Code § 22-502 (1989)), appellant assigns three errors relating to the conduct of the trial. Although we conclude there was error in the manner by which the prosecutor sought to impeach a defense witness, we find insufficient resultant prejudice to require reversal of appellant's conviction.

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