HOUSTON v. U.S.

No. 88-493.

592 A.2d 1066 (1991)

Joseph E. HOUSTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 19, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Veronice A. Holt, appointed by this court, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Andrew S. Levetown, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Noel A. Brennan, and Daniel M. Cisin, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and FERREN and TERRY, Associate Judges.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant Houston pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of heroin, a misdemeanor, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(d) (1988). After rejecting Houston's request to be sentenced under D.C. Code § 33-541(e) (1988), the trial court sentenced Houston to 180 days in jail, suspended execution of that sentence, and placed him on probation for eighteen months, with certain conditions.1 Houston challenges

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