Legal Opinion
Irby v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 17, 1991No. 84-306, 86-738 and 88-1055PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Chief Judge:
Appellant John D. Irby was convicted by a jury of carrying a pistol without a license, D.C.Code § 22-3204 (1989), possession of an unregistered firearm, id. § 6-2311(a), and unlawful possession of ammunition, id. § 6-2361(3). In these consolidated appeals he contends principally that the trial judge erred in (1) permitting a witness to assert a blanket Fifth Amendment privilege, and (2) refusing to admit an affidavit from an absent codefendant as a declaration against interest. He also contends his convictions must be reversed because of prosecutorial misconduct, that he…
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- Winters v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
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