Legal Opinion
Saunders v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 9, 1966No. 3978PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted of assault in a jury trial and was sentenced to jail for 180 days. His appeal questions only the denial of his motion for a mistrial.
The alleged error occurred during the redirect examination of the complaining witness. Toward the end of her cross-examination she had stated that one Joseph Newman was not in the car at the time of the alleged assault. When she was asked again on redirect whether Newman *474was in the car that night, the following colloquy ensued:
“A. Well, I might as well tell you the truth. He was in that car.
“Q. He was?
“MR. SHORTER…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Cavness v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- United States v. SimoneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
- Medley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
- Wendell McIntosh v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Shuman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1968