Legal Opinion
Brooks v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 12, 1982No. 80-1394PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
Charged in a five-count indictment with two separate rapes and related offenses, 1 appellant was found guilty as to each count after a jury trial. This appeal followed 2 and the contentions herein are that the trial court erred in the following respects: (1) denial of appellant’s motion to sever counts of the indictment; (2) exclusion of proffered expert testimony on the unreliability of eyewitness identification; and (3) failure to instruct the jury that certain evidence of inconsistent statements was admitted for impeachment only. Appellant further contends that the…
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