United States v. Davis

HARRIS, Associate Judge:

This case was handled by three successive trial judges at intervals over a period of nearly five months. The first judge presided over a preliminary hearing. A police officer then gave hearsay testimony directed to the question of probable cause. The court denied defense counsel’s request to compel testimony by the complaining witness. At a later status hearing before a second trial judge, a different defense counsel asked that another preliminary hearing be held, again seeking to have the complaining witness compelled to testify. The court concluded that the earlier…