BELL v. U.S.

No. 95-CF-57.

677 A.2d 1044 (1996)

Joseph A. BELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory A. Cotter, Washington, appointed by this court, for appellant.

John Crabb, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese, III, and Stephen J. Pfleger, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee. Henry K. Kopel, Assistant United States Attorney, also entered an appearance, for appellee.

Before TERRY and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1993). His principal argument on appeal is that the trial court erred in admitting what he regards as "other crimes" evidence, namely, evidence that he had engaged in several apparent drug sales shortly before he was arrested. We affirm.

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