Hill v. United States

Appellant was tried and convicted on charges of first-degree murder (D.C. Code 1973, § 22-2401) and possession of a prohibited weapon (D.C. Code 1973, § 22-3214(a)). He asserts the trial court erred in permitting the government to use his post-arrest statement for the purpose of impeaching him by showing he omitted therefrom facts that were included in his trial testimony. We hold that appellant’s argument equating this situation with cases holding that it is. constitutionally impermissible to impeach a defendant with his post-arrest silence misconstrues the factual situation here and…