Legal Opinion
Hale v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 23, 1976No. 8900PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FICKLING, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted after a jury trial of assault with a dangerous weapon (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-502) and carrying a pistol without a license (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3204). This appeal raises five alleged errors which appellant argues require reversal of his conviction: (1) impeachment of appellant on cross-examination with a robbery conviction which had been reversed on appeal, (2) the prosecutor’s reference in his summation to appellant’s convictions for “various crimes,” (3) the trial court’s rendition of the missing witness instruction, (4) the trial court’s…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- United States v. HaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Graves v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Daniel J. Bowles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- James H. Ellis, Jr. v. United States of America, Alfred M. Watkins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- William C. Drummond v. United States of America, Alphonse Vincent Castaldi v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1993
- Stack v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
- Wagner v. Georgetown University Medical CenterDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
- Dent v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Nowlin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
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