Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Paul Spinner, III
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 21, 1998No. 97-3061PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SENTELLE.
Opinion dissenting in part filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.
SENTELLE, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Richard Spinner challenges his conviction on four weapons and narcotics charges. We agree with Spinner that the government introduced insufficient evidence to sustain his conviction for possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon, and accordingly reverse that conviction. And because the district court permitted the prosecutor to ask a defense witness a series of inappropriate questions on' cross-examination, we reverse and remand Spinner’s…
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