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HINKEL v. UNITED STATES

No. 86-1517.

544 A.2d 283 (1988)

Ronald A. HINKEL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas K. Clancy, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, was on the brief, for appellant.

Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Michael W. Farrell, Patricia A. Riley, and Odessa F. Vincent, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

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

BELSON, Associate Judge:

Convicted by jury of distribution of a controlled substance (heroin) in violation of D.C. Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1987 Supp.), appellant raises two contentions on appeal: (1) that his conviction must be reversed because the prosecutor, in closing argument, compared the credibility of police officer witnesses with the credibility of a defense witness who had been convicted of several crimes, and (2) that the trial court erred in denying his...

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