Teal v. United States

REID, Associate Judge:

A jury found appellant, Michael K. Teal, guilty of the lesser-included offense of assault with a dangerous weapon, 1 and carrying a dangerous weapon. 2 He claims, in essence, that the trial court violated his constitutional right to present a defense by failing to find that aspects of the prosecutor’s conversations with a potential defense witness caused her to change her mind about providing negative reputation testimony concerning her nephew, the complaining witness and the main government witness against him. We conclude that the record is inadequate for the…