Legal Opinion

Sullivan v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided June 26, 1979No. 12635PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MACK, Associate Judge:

Appellant, together with his two brothers, was convicted in Superior Court of simple assault under D.C.Code 1973, § 22-502, arising out of an automobile accident. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erroneously 1) failed to strike the trial testimony of the complaining witness following a Jencks Act hearing; 2) admitted into evidence the entire hospital record of the complaining witness; and 3) failed to permit cross-examination of the complaining witness on the issues of his bias and motive.

On February 1, 1977, appellant, while driving his car in which his two…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  5. Palermo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. State v. LynchSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2004
  2. Lee v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
  3. Durant v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. People v. CrosserAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  5. Galindo v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993

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