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REED v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 83-1098, 83-1099.

485 A.2d 613 (1984)

Elliott J. REED, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Dennis M. WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Narasimha Swamy, Bethesda, Md., for appellant Reed.

Diane Bratter for appellant Washington.

Robert H. Klonoff, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and Pamela B. Stuart, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, FERREN and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

Appellants were convicted by a jury of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (heroin), D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (Supp.1984), and unlawful possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance (heroin) Id. They appeal on the grounds the trial judge erred in denying their motions for mistrial when the prosecutor improperly impeached Reed with prior convictions, and improperly commented in rebuttal closing argument...

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