Legal Opinion
United States v. James Anthony Foster
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 2, 1993No. 92-3109PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:
The principal issue is whether, under Rule 501 of the Federal Rules of Evidence, a law enforcement officer giving eyewitness testimony against an accused at trial may refuse to answer questions about the location from which the officer made his observations. We are also called upon to decide whether the district court properly sustained, on the basis of lack of relevancy, objections to questions asked by defense counsel on cross-examination.
After a jury trial, James A. Foster was convicted of unlawfully possessing…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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