Legal Opinion
Parker v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 12, 1991No. 88-566PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Chief Judge:
Appellant appeals from his conviction by a jury of simple assault, D.C.Code § 22-504 (1989), on the grounds that his Sixth Amendment right to cross-examine and confront a witness was violated, and the trial court erred in denying a motion for severance and admitting “unsubstantiated allegations of his prior violent behavior and other crimes evidence.” We affirm, concluding that any error in admission of the other crimes evidence was harmless, and that appellant’s other contentions are unpersuasive.
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Appellant and his estranged wife, Mona Parker, the complaining witness,…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Springer v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
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