Legal Opinion
Gay v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 3, 2011No. 08-CM-916PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Chief Judge:
Jerome Gay appeals from his conviction on a single count of simple assault, in violation of D.C.Code § 22M04 (2001), arising out of an altercation with complainant Allen Johnson. Gay asserts on appeal that the trial court committed three errors requiring reversal of his conviction: (1) it wrongly prevented an unnamed witness from testifying because it improperly ruled that the witness’ testimony would be cumulative; (2) it improperly granted a blanket Fifth Amendment privilege from testifying to defense witness Antonio Sparks; and (3) it wrongly denied Gay’s motion to…
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