Legal Opinion

Crawley v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided December 2, 1974No. 7534PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellants were convicted by a jury of two counts of armed robbery (D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-2901, 22-3202). Appellant Crawley claims reversible error in the denial of his motion to suppress pretrial identifications. Appellant Pollard argues that the trial court abused its discretion (1) in allowing the prosecutor to cross-examine codefendant Crawley and his alibi witness about her prior relationship with Crawley, and (2) in refusing to grant a severance. We affirm.

Late in the evening of December 23, 1972 while Rudolph Sullivan, owner, of the Little Palace Barber Shop, was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. James O. Gambrill, United States of America v. Jerry L. HunterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
  3. Shuman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Thomas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978

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