UNITED STATES v. WASHINGTON

No. 1314, Docket 84-1008.

746 F.2d 104 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henriette D. Hoffman, New York City (The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Services Unit, New York City, on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Kenneth Roth, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City (Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty. for the Southern District of New York, Paul L. Shechtman, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City, on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before OAKES and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges, and MISHLER, District Judge.


MISHLER, District Judge:

Donald Washington appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, on two counts of bank robbery. He was sentenced by the court to six years imprisonment. He contends that the trial judge erred in ruling a prior robbery conviction admissible for impeachment purposes pursuant to Fed.R.Evid. 609.

Appellant was tried before Judge Sand and a jury on August 15-18, 1983 for the robbery of the Westchester Federal Savings Bank on April 2,...

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