Legal Opinion
Newman v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 9, 1997No. 94-CF-1263, 96-CO-1061, 94-CF-1265PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
This case concerns primarily the following issues: as to appellant Samuels, whether the trial court erred in excluding extrinsic impeachment evidence tending to show that a key government witness was biased, and that someone other than Samuels committed the charged murder and related crimes; and, as to appellant Newman, whether the court erred in denying without a hearing his motion for a new trial based on alleged ineffective assistance of counsel.
Newman and Samuels were indicted for the June 18, 1993, murder of Rudy Williams during an attempted robbery of Williams…
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