BUERGAS v. U.S.

No. 93-CF-1607.

686 A.2d 556 (1996)

Carlos BUERGAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale Chance Saliba, Alexandria, VA, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Cembrye A. Ross, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Elizabeth Trosman, and Jennifer M. Anderson, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, RUIZ, Associate Judge, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM.

After a trial by jury, appellant was found guilty of distributing a controlled substance in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1981). On appeal he argues that a photographic array, utilized as part of the identification process, was erroneously allowed as evidence by the trial judge, and that the prosecutor made improper and prejudicial remarks in her opening statement to the jury. Being unpersuaded by...

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