Case Name: Maurice J. TOLLIVER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1959-12-17
Citations: 273 F.2d 523
Docket Number: No. 15299
Parties: Maurice J. TOLLIVER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 273
Pages: 523–524

Head Matter:
Maurice J. TOLLIVER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 15299.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.
Argued Dec. 7, 1959.
Decided Dec. 17, 1959.
Mr. Kevin P. Charles, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.
Mr. Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appel-lee.
Before Prettyman, Chief Judge, and Edgerton and Bastían, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in a one count indictment charging assault with a deadly weapon upon a member of the Metropolitan Police Department in violation of § 22-505 (b) of the D.C.Code (Supp.VII, 1959).
Appellant urges, first, that the failure of his counsel in the trial court to pursue his attempt to impeach a Government witness constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. Secondly, appellant claims that the trial court erroneously permitted the introduction of evidence and gave an erroneous instruction on the doctrine of flight.
We have examined both of these contentions and, under the circumstances of this case, find no error.
Affirmed.