Legal Opinion

McClellan v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided June 19, 1997No. 92-CF-1522PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BELSON, Senior Judge:

Appellant McClellan urges that his conviction of first degree murder and related weapons offenses be reversed because of the following claimed trial court errors: (1) allowing an eyewitness to the crime to testify for the government while denying the defense the right to cross-examine that witness for bias in one particular when the witness invoked his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination; (2) allowing testimony that two witnesses (who were sisters) and their family had moved to North Carolina because of their fear of testifying against McClellan; (3)…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Roundtree v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
  4. United States v. Charles Eldon Gould, United States of America v. Joseph Patrick CareyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
  5. McGrier v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Mercer v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. Clayborne v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2000
  3. Gordon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
  4. McCullough v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
  5. Ebron v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003

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