Legal Opinion
In re B. D. T.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 30, 1981No. 80-674PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge,
Retired:
Appellant, having been found guilty of robbery,1 attacks his conviction on the ground that the trial court erred in refusing to permit him to establish the complainant’s incompetency to testify. Finding this contention unpersuasive, we affirm.
The following facts were adduced at trial. On August 21, 1979, two juveniles, one in blue and one in brown, stopped Andre Wallace after following him for a while. Wallace had with him his father’s tape recorder. After a search of Wallace’s pockets, the two assailants returned to him the money they had taken and permitted…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Springer v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Wheeler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- United States v. Robert H. CrosbyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Doran v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Stagecrafters Club, Inc. v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1952
3Cited by5 opinions
- Catlett v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- In re Q.L.J.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- Hammon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- In the Matter of BDTDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
- Matter of QljDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982