Legal Opinion
Johnson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 4, 1989No. 86-47PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Associate Judge:
Johnson was convicted by a jury of armed robbery, felony murder while armed, and obstruction of justice. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in excluding cross-examination of and extrinsic evidence about a key government witness which, according to him, would have tended to establish that the witness committed the armed robbery and murder as well as showing the witness’ bias and motive to testify falsely. We affirm. 2
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The government’s evidence showed that Johnson, Harrison, Brown, Sothern, Herring and a man known as Youngen spent the evening of January 3,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Commonwealth v. GrazianoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Punch v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Winfield v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Newman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- Smithart v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1999
- Gethers v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- McCullough v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
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