Hackett v. United States

QUINN, Associate Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of a charge of assault. The facts briefly are as follows: The complaining witness, Lee Posten, testified that while visiting the home of a friend appellant Hackett, hereinafter called the defendant, came into the house and words were exchanged; that defendant cut him over the left eye, over the left ear, and on the back of the head. Two witnesses corroborated the testimony of the complaining witness. The defense was self-defense.

Counsel for defendant attempted to prove by cross-examination of a government witness that the complaining…