John I. Brown v. United States

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This case presents once again the troublesome problem of introducing evidence of a defendant’s prior convictions to impeach his credibility, as authorized by 14 D.C.Code § 305 (Supp. V 1966). Appellant asks that we reverse his conviction because the trial court’s ruling on the admissibility of appellant’s prior conviction was not in accord with our decision in Luck v. United States, 121 U.S.App.D.C. 151, 348 F.2d 763 (1965).

Appellant was convicted by a jury of assaulting a police officer with a dangerous weapon. 1 The facts giving rise to the assault charge…