John McGill v. United States

BASTIAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant appeals his conviction for the crimes of robbery (three counts) and assault with a dangerous weapon. We allowed an appeal in forma pauperis, and appointed counsel to represent him in this court.

Counsel first urges that the trial court hampered the impeachment of the complaining witnesses by refusing to permit appellant’s trial counsel 1 to ask them if they had earlier made inconsistent statements. What happened was that certain questions of a preliminary nature were asked and the judge required counsel to call to the witnesses’ attention the specific prior…