United States v. James A. Lewis

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

This appeal follows appellant’s second trial on an indictment charging single counts of armed robbery,1 unarmed robbery2 and carrying a dangerous weapon,3 and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon.4 The first trial ended when the jury was unable to agree; the second led to appellant’s conviction on all of the charges but unarmed robbery. The sole issue on appeal is the validity of a ruling by the trial judge granting the prosecutor leave to cross-examine appellant’s proposed character witnesses, if called, as to their awareness of a recent…