Bassil v. United States

*715NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

Bassil asserts that his conviction for the second-degree murder while armed of Richard Petty and assault with intent to rob James Green while armed must be reversed. He urges that the trial court denied his right to present a defense, by ruling, that as a matter of law, evidence of the bad reputation for truth and veracity of a government witness was inadmissible.1 We conclude that the trial court’s ruling constitutes constitutional error but find it harmless beyond a reasonable doubt; we affirm.

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Viewed in its light most favorable to the government, the evidence…