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JOLLY v. U.S.

No. 95-CF-1145.

704 A.2d 855 (1997)

William JOLLY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gretchen Franklin, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Ira Mickenberg, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

John L. Brownlee, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and Catherine F. Sheehan, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, FARRELL, and REID, Associate Judges.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

On this appeal from his convictions for felony murder while armed (robbery) and related offenses, Jolly's primary argument is that repeated instructions to the jury by the trial judge unfairly limited his ability to demonstrate the bias of key government witnesses. The disputed instructions stemmed from the judge's effort to draw a line between two defenses: (a) a legitimate bias defense that these witnesses had falsely accused Jolly to avert...

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