United States v. Joseph E. Smith

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted in the District Court of robbery in violation of 22 D.C. Code § 2901 (1973) and sentenced to eight years imprisonment pursuant to the Youth Corrections Act, 18 U.S.C. § 5010(c) (1970). In this court he charges the District Court with reversible error in refusing to admit into evidence Police Department Form 251, the official report of the police officer who received the initial complaint of the robbery, and the transcript of that officer’s subsequent radio broadcasts. He further claims the court compounded its error by failing to admit…