SCALES v. U.S.

No. 95-CF-214.

687 A.2d 927 (1996)

Louis J. SCALES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaclyn S. Frankfurt, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Samia Fam, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Ann K.H. Simon, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, John R. Fisher and Roy W. McLeese, III, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY, KING and REID, Associate Judges.


KING, Associate Judge:

Louis J. Scales appeals his convictions for armed second degree murder and related weapons charges, contending the trial court committed reversible error in certain rulings involving the only eyewitness to testify at trial, Kenneth Hodge. Specifically, Scales contends that the trial court erred by: (1) admitting into evidence grand jury testimony given by Hodge about his prior identification of the appellant, where the witness had first testified...

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