JONES v. U.S.

No. 89-430.

579 A.2d 250 (1990)

Amos M. JONES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Bromberg, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, was on the brief for appellant.

Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Kevin J. Murphy, and Elizabeth A. Bresee, Washington, D.C., Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

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


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of distribution of phencyclidine (PCP),1 distribution of marijuana,2 and possession of cocaine.3 On appeal he contends that the trial court committed plain error in failing to give an immediate limiting instruction to the jury when the government allegedly impeached its own witness, and that a comment by the prosecutor in his closing...

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