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THOMAS v. U.S.

No. 91-CF-113.

619 A.2d 20 (1992)

Sean A. THOMAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Coburn, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Peggy Kuo, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and Leslie Ann Wise, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, FARRELL, and SULLIVAN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant of distributing cocaine. D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1988 Repl.). Appellant's primary contentions are that: (1) the evidence was insufficient to prove "usable amount"; (2) the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury properly on "usable amount"; and (3) the prosecutor's misconduct in closing argument denied appellant a fair trial. We conclude that several of the prosecutor's comments and actions during...

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