Legal Opinion

In re S.H.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided February 28, 1990No. 87-588PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant, a juvenile, appeals from the trial court’s adjudication of delinquency for felony murder and two related counts. Appellant makes two principal assignments of error. First, the trial court erred in forbidding in cross-examination any inquiry into bias of a key government witness stemming from his friendship with a possible alternative perpetrator of the crime. Second, the trial court erred in applying the “reverse Jencks” rule in juvenile proceedings, notwithstanding the absence of any statute or rule provision so authorizing, and in enforcing this rule by…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  5. United States v. NoblesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by10 opinions

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