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PORTER v. U.S.

No. 87-628.

561 A.2d 994 (1989)

Joseph PORTER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 13, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter S. Booth, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Elizabeth Trosman and Charles M. Steele, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, TERRY, Associate Judge, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.

PER CURIAM:

In this appeal from his conviction by a jury of possession with intent to distribute phencyclidine (PCP), and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1988 Repl.), appellant Joseph Porter contends that he was denied his right to cross-examine the key government witness, a police officer, regarding his bias as a result of appellant's pending civil suit against the police department. We affirm.

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