TEAL v. U.S.

No. 07-CF-382.

974 A.2d 262 (2009)

Michael K. TEAL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. Dean Sanderford, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Jaclyn Frankfurt, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Sarah T. Chasson, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Roy W. McLeese III and Chrisellen R. Kolb, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REID, FISHER and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges.


REID, Associate Judge:

A jury found appellant, Michael K. Teal, guilty of the lesser-included offense of assault with a dangerous weapon,1 and carrying a dangerous weapon.2 He claims, in essence, that the trial court violated his constitutional right to present a defense by failing to find that aspects of the prosecutor's conversations with a potential defense witness caused her to change her mind about providing...

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