Rhodes v. United States

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

In this appeal from a conviction of first-degree burglary, 1 and three counts of robbery, 2 appellant contends that the trial court erred (1) by improperly restricting appellant’s right to cross-examine government witnesses, and (2) by refusing to give the requested claim of right instruction to the jury. We conclude that no reversible error was committed, and affirm.

On the afternoon of August 1, 1972, Lamont Tazel was conversing with a neighbor, Earl Byrd, in Tazel’s apartment. During the conversation, Tazel responded to a knock on the front door and was met by…