Rease v. United States

Appellant challenges his conviction for armed robbery, D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-2901, -3202,1 on several grounds. He asserts that the trial judge erred when she (1) failed to strike for cause a juror who, before being sworn, stated that appellant was “high off narcotics” at the time of voir dire; (2) refused to require the prosecutor to turn over notes which appellant claimed were discoverable under the Jencks Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3500 (1976), and Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963); (3) denied him the opportunity to rehabilitate his testimony with prior consistent…