Yeldell v. United States

QUINN, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for simple assault. 1 The sole error discussed in appellant’s brief is the refusal of the trial judge to declare a mistrial when the arresting officer made reference on two occasions to appellant’s “parole officer.” The circumstances surrounding the alleged error were as follows:

On cross-examination, defendant’s counsel asked the officer whether defendant had not denied that the assault took place. According to the agreed statement of proceedings and evidence, the officer answered:

“Why, yes, he did but the denial took place after the…