Darden v. United States

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was charged with one count of assault with a dangerous weapon (a violation of D.C.Code 1973, § 22-502) and one count of possession of a prohibited weapon (a violation of D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3214 (b)). He was convicted by a jury of the first count of assault. We affirm. On this appeal appellant assigns as error two procedural aspects of the trial.

I

First of all, appellant challenges the trial court’s admission of certain testimony elicited on cross-examination of one of appellant’s character witnesses. Specifically he attacks the propriety of an inquiry on…