District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 6/20/2002

Velasquez v. United States

Citations

801 A.2d 72
2002 D.C. App. LEXIS 314
2002 WL 1338069

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precluding evidence of the witness’s mental condition three years after the offense where there was no evidence that the condition persisted at the time of the trial
sidestepping the scope of Battle analysis because the error, if any, 37 was harmless
no Brady violation when “the government tried, without success, to find” records that were requested
witness’ mental condition three years after crime not relevant to her perception of events at the time of the assault
“[E]vidence of a witness’ mental illness may be relevant to both competency and credibility.”

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Judges: Wagner, Schwelb, Farrell

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