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CARPENTER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 82-1204, 82-1205, 82-1293 and 82-1518.

475 A.2d 369 (1984)

John D. CARPENTER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. David C. JEFFERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Jay BULLOCK, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Paul T. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 21, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Florence King, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant Carpenter.

John K. Lunsford, Washington, D.C., for appellant Jefferson.

Kathryn Paull Brown, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant Bullock.

Betty J. Clark, Houston, Tex., appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant Wright.

Sharon M. Collins, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, Michael W. Farrell and Donald J. Allison, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

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

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Appellants' convictions resulted from police observation of a drug transaction at 14th and V Streets, N.W. A jury convicted appellant Jefferson of two counts, and the other appellants of one count each, of possession of heroin with intent to distribute. D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1983 Supp.).1

On appeal, Bullock, Carpenter and Jefferson argue that the evidence was insufficient to establish that the substance...

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