LAWRENCE v. U.S.

No. 91-139.

603 A.2d 854 (1992)

James W. LAWRENCE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Virgilio, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Linda Otani McKinney, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher and Elizabeth Trosman, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

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


ROGERS, Chief Judge:

Appellant James Lawrence appeals his conviction by a jury of possession with intent to distribute cocaine, D.C. Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1988 Repl.), contending that the trial judge erred by instructing the jury that appellant was charged with two counts from different indictments. In view of the proffers before the trial judge and in the absence of any facial inconsistency between the indictments or a request under Super.Ct.Crim.R. 6(e), we...

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