BROWN v. U.S.

No. 86-123.

555 A.2d 1034 (1989)

Wanda R. BROWN, a/k/a Wanda R. Karmur, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane S. Lepley, appointed by this court, was on the brief for appellant.

Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., with whom Michael W. Farrell and Roberto Iraola, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and REILLY, Senior Judge.


REILLY, Senior Judge:

A jury found appellant and her codefendant, Anthony Rogers, guilty of two counts of distribution of controlled substances. D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1988 Rpl.). The sole contention on appeal is that the trial court erred in giving a missing witness instruction against the defense. We affirm.

At trial, an undercover narcotics officer testified that on April 25, 1985, he drove into the 800 block of T Street, N.W., and pulled over to...

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