Legal Opinion
Coles v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 2, 2012No. Nos. 09-CF-791, 09-CF-792PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Associate Judge:
Appellant Ronald Coles challenges his convictions for aggravated assault, resisting a police officer, and various offenses related to his illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, claiming that the trial court violated his Sixth Amendment rights by precluding him from pursuing certain lines of cross-examination. We agree, and therefore reverse all but one of his convictions and remand for a new trial.1
I. Factual Background
On April 3, 2007, Metropolitan Police Department officers Hopper, Carey, and Pappas were patrolling the Trinidad neighborhood when they…
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