Scull v. United States

MACK, Associate Judge:

Appellant Alberto Crespo Scull was allegedly one of two protagonists in a shootout. At his first trial, a jury found him guilty of jumping bail, but was unable to return a verdict on several other counts. At a second trial, a jury found him guilty of two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and of carrying a pistol without a license, but acquitted him of two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed. On this appeal, Scull urges that by denying his request to cross-examine witnesses as to their motive for testifying, the trial court abridged his Sixth…