LEWIS v. U.S.

No. 04-CF-1514.

930 A.2d 1003 (2007)

Roscoe K. LEWIS, Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mindy A. Daniels, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Sharad S. Khandelwal, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese, III, Lisa H. Schertler, and Gilberto Guerrero, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FARRELL and THOMPSON, Associate Judges, and TERRY, Senior Judge.


TERRY, Senior Judge:

Appellant, Roscoe Lewis, was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon and malicious destruction of property (a coat). On appeal he challenges (1) the trial court's failure to declare a mistrial sua sponte after a police officer mentioned in his testimony that appellant was homeless, (2) the trial court's failure to take corrective action sua sponte when the complainant, on cross-examination, mentioned an out-of-court identification...

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