GETER v. U.S.

No. 04-CF-474.

929 A.2d 428 (2007)

Antwan GETER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 2, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leila Thamer, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Samia Fam, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Sarah Chasson, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III, Tejpal Chawla, and Richard Zanfardino, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GLICKMAN and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges, and SCHWELB, Senior Judge.


GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant Antwan Geter was tried before a jury and convicted of unlawful entry and attempted theft. His appeal challenges the use at trial of his co-defendant's statement to police on the night of their arrest. In accordance with binding precedent, we hold that the trial judge committed reversible error by allowing the prosecutor to cross-examine the co-defendant about the parts of his police statement that inculpated appellant by name....

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