U.S. v. COPELIN

No. 91-3326.

996 F.2d 379 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Warren Ricardo COPELIN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Tucker, Asst. Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was A.J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender.

M. Evan Corcoran, Asst. U.S. Atty., of the bar of the Supreme Court of Virginia, pro hac vice, by special leave of the Court, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, John R. Fisher, Roy M. McLeese, III, and Linda L. Mullen, Asst. U.S. Attys.

Before MIKVA, Chief Judge; WALD and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Chief Judge:

Warren Ricardo Copelin appeals his conviction on one count of unlawful distribution of cocaine. He argues that the district court erred by permitting the government to cross-examine him concerning his three positive drug tests for cocaine while on pre-trial release. He further asserts that even if the district court did not err by admitting this evidence, it committed reversible error by...

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