TURNEY v. U.S.

No. 91-CF-1381.

626 A.2d 872 (1993)

Reginald T. TURNEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J.J. Delehanty, Washington, DC, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Douglas F. Gansler, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher and Elizabeth Trosman, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, STEADMAN, Associate Judge, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.


ROGERS, Chief Judge:

Appellant Reginald T. Turney appeals his conviction by a jury of possession of cocaine, D.C.Code § 33-541(d) (Repl.1988), on the ground that the trial judge erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal because the government failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the drugs admitted in evidence at trial were the same drugs recovered from appellant. The crux of appellant's contention is that, because the prosecutor only asked...

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