Lewis v. United States

FERREN, Associate Judge:

On February 14, 1977, after trial on a ten-count indictment based on a robbery and shooting incident on November 20, 1976, the jury convicted appellant on two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. D.C.Code 1973, § 22-502. 2 The court sentenced him to prison for concurrent terms of five to fifteen years on each count. Appellant now challenges the judgments entered on the verdicts on the following grounds: (1) the trial court’s refusal to allow appellant to testify on direct examination as to his own prior convictions; (2) the trial court’s refusal to declare a…