United States DC Circuit

The exclusion of evidence that defendant had a pre-existing civilian complaint against a police officer was not plain error. A statement from a police report that witnesses saw the victim, not defendant, with a gun was properly excluded as hearsay.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/12/2002
• Decided 12/24/2002
• Published 12/24/2002

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa B. Wright, Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant.   With her on the briefs was A. J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender.  Neil H. Jaffee, Assistant Federal Public Defender, entered an appearance.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mary B. McCord, Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for appellee.   With her on the brief were Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Elizabeth Trosman, and Darrell C. Valdez, Assistant United States Attorneys.