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McCLARY v. U.S.

No. 07-CF-1154.

28 A.3d 502 (2010)

Jamelle McCLARY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 2, 2010.

Amended August 18, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sloan S.J. Johnston , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Jaclyn S. Frankfurt , Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Stratton C. Strand , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Channing D. Phillips , Acting United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, Roy W. McLeese III , and Michael T. Truscott , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, KERN and NEBEKER, Senior Judges.

NEBEKER, Senior Judge:

At trial, the court limited appellant's cross-examination of the victim, Sean Grady, by not allowing inquiry into Grady's potential self-interest bias in favor of the government stemming from his previous juvenile record, his probationary status, as well as his recent arrest just before he testified at trial. The complete denial of cross-examination to explore potential bias is tantamount to a denial of a defendant's Sixth Amendment rights....

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