CARTER v. U.S.

No. 91-CM-848.

614 A.2d 542 (1992)

Jeffrey D. CARTER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Edward Shacklee, Arlington, Va., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Peter H. White, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., for appellee. Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Thomas C. Black, Ralph J. Caccia, and William J. Sullivan, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY, SCHWELB and KING, Associate Judges.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

After a non-jury trial, appellant was convicted of possession of drug paraphernalia, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-603(a) (1988). On appeal he contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction and that the trial court erred in admitting certain hearsay testimony. The sufficiency argument is without merit. As to the hearsay, we agree that the court erred in admitting it but conclude that the error was harmless. Accordingly...

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