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DYSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 83-482.

485 A.2d 194 (1984)

William W. DYSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 13, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas B. Mishkin, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Robert H. Klonoff, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Judith Hetherton, and Melvin R. Wright, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant seeks reversal of his conviction by a jury for unlawful possession of phencyclidine (PCP), D.C.Code § 33-541(d) (1983 Supp.), on the grounds the trial court erred in (1) allowing the government to amend the information to charge a new or different offense after the government's opening statement, and (2) admitting testimony that the street on which appellant was arrested was known for drug traffic. We affirm.

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