HARRIS v. U.S.

No. 89-CF-1482.

614 A.2d 1277 (1992)

James E. HARRIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Frederick W. Yette, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher and Roy W. McLeese, III, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, SCHWELB and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

James E. Harris was convicted by a jury of possession of PCP and marijuana with intent to distribute each (PWID), in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1988). Of his numerous claims on appeal, the sole one requiring more than summary consideration is his contention that he was denied his constitutional right to present witnesses. This issue arose when the trial judge sustained the blanket invocation by James Lee Martin of his privilege...

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