Legal Opinion
Miles v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 5, 1977No. 9818 and 9847PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Associate Judge:
Appellants Miles and Palmer were convicted by a jury of second-degree burglary, arson, destruction of property valued in excess of $200.00, and the manufacture of Molotov cocktails. 1 Miles asserts on appeal that the trial judge erred in refusing to permit cross-examination of the government’s chief witness, Detective Carl C. Stump, about his role in a previous trial for possession of narcotics in which Miles was acquitted. He also alleges that the trial judge committed plain error in failing to mitigate the effect of remarks made by the prosecutor during closing…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Tyrone Gaither v. United States of America, Charles Tatum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Watts v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- United States v. VarelliCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- State v. OuelletteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
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