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DURANT v. U.S.

No. 85-1592.

551 A.2d 1318 (1988)

Sherman DURANT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Syrie Davis, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellant.

Dennis R. Carluzzo, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Michael W. Farrell, Elizabeth Trosman, and John P. Dominguez, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

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

ROGERS, Chief Judge:

On appeal from his conviction by a jury of assault with intent to rob, D.C.Code § 22-501 (1981), appellant Sherman Durant contends that the trial judge abused his discretion in admitting for impeachment medical records showing the use of phencyclidine (PCP) without expert medical testimony. At trial, Durant denied being under the influence of PCP on the day of the alleged offense and the only evidence...

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