Legal Opinion
Lucas v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 23, 1981No. 80-677PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
Appellant was indicted for first-degree felony murder while armed, D.C. Code 1973, §§ 22-2401, -3202, attempted robbery while armed, id., -2902, -3202, and carrying a pistol without a license, id. -3204. During the course of trial the prosecutor impeached a government rebuttal witness with a prior inconsistent statement made to the grand jury. 1 Defense counsel did not request a cautionary instruction to the jury on the limited purpose for which it could consider the grand jury testimony, nor did the trial judge give the instruction sua sponte. Appellant was…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Watts v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- United States v. Earnest McClainCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Dixon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Byers v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- Hordge v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
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