ROGERS v. U.S.

No. 85-1421.

566 A.2d 69 (1989)

Michael W. ROGERS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter N. Mann, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Helen M. Bollwerk, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Thomas E. Zeno and Elizabeth Trosman, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

James Klein, David Reiser, and Lisa Greenman, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for amicus curiae Public Defender Service.

John M. Copacino, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for amicus curiae Criminal Law Section of the District of Columbia Bar.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN, FERREN, BELSON, TERRY, STEADMAN, and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge. and MACK, Associate Judge, Retired.


ON REHEARING EN BANC

BELSON, Associate Judge:

Michael Rogers was convicted of distribution of phencyclidine (PCP) and cannabis (marijuana). D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1988 Repl.).1 He appealed his convictions, challenging the exclusion of "negative evidence" of a defendant's good reputation and the cross-examination of a defense character witness as to defendant's prior arrests that...

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