Diaz v. United States

REID, Associate Judge:

Appellant Cristino Gomez Diaz was convicted of second degree child sexual abuse, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-4109 (1996).1 He filed a timely appeal contending that the trial court committed reversible error by: (1) overruling his objections to certain parts of the government’s closing and rebuttal arguments, and refusing to declare a mistrial; and (2) refusing, after the jury had begun its deliberations, to admit into evidence grand jury transcripts containing inconsistent statements made by two government witnesses. We conclude that the prosecutor made improper…