EPPS v. U.S.

No. 94-CF-1088.

683 A.2d 749 (1996)

Willis L. EPPS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert O. Goff, Manassas, VA, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Matthew G. Olsen, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher and James Curt Bohling, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellees.

Before FERREN, TERRY, and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


TERRY, Associate Judge.

Appellant Epps was convicted of distribution of cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it, both in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1993). On appeal he contends that the trial court erred in finding that defense counsel had exercised his peremptory strikes in a racially discriminatory manner and in reinstating two of the stricken jurors as a remedy for the discrimination it found. We hold that the trial court...

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