Wooten v. United States

This is an appeal from judgments of conviction after a trial by jury of assault with a dangerous weapon, 1 a pistol, and carrying a concealed weapon, 2 a pistol, for which appellant was sentenced to two to six years imprisonment on each charge to be served concurrently.

Appellant’s main contention is that the trial judge erred in admitting evidence, over appellant’s objection, that he had raped the complaining witness. 3 As the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit stated in Drew v. United States, 118 U.S.App.D.C. 11, 15, 331 F.2d 85, 89 (1964),

[I]t is a principle…