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McCONNELL v. U.S.

No. 86-1450.

537 A.2d 211 (1988)

Ricky L. McCONNELL, a.k.a. Ricky R. McConnell, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie B. Holt, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Page Kennedy, with whom James Klein and Maureen T. Cannon, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for amicus curiae Public Defender Service of Washington, D.C., on behalf of appellant.

Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Robertson L. Park, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae District of Columbia.

Before FERREN and TERRY, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Appellant Rickey L. McConnell pled guilty to one count of distribution of heroin, D.C. Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1987 Supp.), and was sentenced to the mandatory-minimum term of imprisonment of four to twelve years under D.C. Code § 33-541(c)(1)(A) (1987 Supp.). He now appeals from that sentence, contending the trial court erred in refusing to consider committing him to treatment under the federal...

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