Gordon v. United States

*1228FERREN, Associate Judge:

Appellant argues, first, that his conviction for armed robbery, D.C.Code §§ 22-2901, -3202 (1981), cannot stand because the trial court failed immediately to instruct the jury, during the government’s case-in-chief, that prior inconsistent statements of the government’s own witness (in this case grand jury testimony) could be considered only in evaluating whether the witness’ trial testimony was credible, not to establish the truth of the prior statements. Second, appellant claims reversible error in the trial court’s admission of testimony by a police officer based on…