ALLEN v. U.S.

No. 99-CF-1666.

837 A.2d 917 (2003)

Jayvan ALLEN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 11, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra K. Levick, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Samia Fam, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Suzanne C. Nyland, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney and John R. Fisher and Elizabeth Trosman, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FARRELL and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges, and FERREN, Senior Judge.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

At trial, the prosecutor was allowed to cross-examine appellant repeatedly, over objection, as to whether he knew of any reason why two police officer witnesses would "lie against [him]" in their testimony. This was error, as our past decisions have made clear, and because the error was prejudicial in the circumstances of this case, we must reverse appellant's convictions for possession with intent...

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