WOODARD v. U.S.

No. 06-CF-1134.

1 A.3d 371 (2010)

Darryl WOODARD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 22, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shilpa S. Satoskar, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Jaclyn S. Frankfurt, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Leslie Ann Gerardo, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Roy W. McLeese III, Elizabeth Trosman, and Daniel Butler, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, and KRAMER and THOMPSON, Associate Judges.


KRAMER, Associate Judge:

Appellant Darryl Woodard, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit assault with a dangerous weapon, argues that the trial court committed reversible error by allowing the prosecutor to improperly suggest in his rebuttal argument that two witnesses changed their testimony because they feared appellant. We hold that the prosecutor's comments were improper as to one witness and that the trial court abused...

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