Legal Opinion
Outlaw v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 6, 1992No. 90-106PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
In this criminal appeal, we are compelled to reverse appellant’s convictions and order a new trial because the prosecutor was allowed to impeach a defense witness with a prior, assertedly inconsistent, statement which the witness in fact did not make or adopt, and the erroneous impeachment bore directly on appellant’s culpability in this essentially one-witness police identification case.
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Appellant, a codefendant Anthony Wiley, and M.W. a juvenile were charged with distribution of cocaine and possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, both in violation of D.C.Code…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- United States v. Henry Carter, A/K/A A.B. Lay A/K/A Prince, Tracy Lynn Jones, and Sheila Marie O'MearaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- Hammill v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
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