Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Bonanno
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 7, 1995No. 93-CV-341PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
In this appeal from a judgment in favor of the remaining plaintiff-appellee for assault and battery, trespass, and infliction of emotional distress, appellant challenges primarily the trial judge’s refusal to allow cross-examination of his estranged wife (one of the two plaintiffs) regarding prior acts that appellant argues bore directly on her veracity as a witness/complainant in the present case. We hold that the judge erred in excluding this evidence at the threshold as irrelevant. We do not direct a new trial, however, but vacate the judgment and remand for…
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