Brewer v. United States

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of rape, 1 sodomy, 2 assault with intent to commit sodomy, 3 and simple assault. 4 He contends on appeal that the trial court erroneously prohibited him from introducing evidence which would show that the victim in this case was a prostitute, and that she engaged in acts of prostitution with other persons and at other times. Appellant also maintains that the prosecutor, in his closing argument, improperly commented on his failure to testify in his own behalf and made other prejudicial statements warranting reversal. We reject all these…