Legal Opinion
Chaabi v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 30, 1988No. 85-1687PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
In this case, a devastating extrajudicial admission by appellant was introduced for the first time by the government on rebuttal. The trial court denied appellant any opportunity to explain or deny the admission in surrebuttal. We hold on grounds of evidentiary policy that the trial court erred in so ruling under the circumstances of this case. Therefore, we must reverse and remand for a new trial.
Appellant Chaabi was convicted of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Kenneth Smith in a barroom brawl arising out of a disputed drug transaction. That Chaabi was…
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