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VAN NESS v. U.S.

No. 88-145.

568 A.2d 1079 (1990)

Charles L. VAN NESS, a/k/a Charles Jackson, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 17, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosemary Herbert, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellant.

Per A. Ramfjord, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Ellen Bass, Asst. U.S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

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

GALLAGHER, Senior Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted for distribution of cocaine in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1989 Repl.). He contends that the trial court committed reversible error in (1) denying defense counsel the opportunity to cross-examine a government witness regarding his bias, and (2) refusing to order a mistrial or give a requested instruction to mitigate the impact of prosecutorial misconduct. We affirm.

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