BLAKENEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 9401.

366 A.2d 447 (1976)

Van Douglas BLAKENEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 9, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Lee Dier, Silver Spring, Md., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Richard W. Tynes, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before KERN and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.


YEAGLEY, Associate Judge:

This appeal follows appellant's conviction for possession of marijuana, a violation of D.C.Code 1973, § 33-402. In the sole argument he raises on appeal, appellant contends that the conviction must be reversed for the failure of the government to quantify the amount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) present in the approximately 8 grams of marijuana seized at his arrest. Finding no error, we affirm.

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