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EASON v. UNITED STATES

No. 95-CF-4.

704 A.2d 284 (1997)

Anthony F. EASON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal L. Thomas, Washington DC, filed the petition for appellant.

Eric H. Holder, United States Attorney at the time, and John R. Fisher and Elizabeth Trosman, Assistant United States Attorneys, filed the petition for the United States.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and FERREN, TERRY, STEADMAN, SCHWELB, FARRELL, KING, RUIZ, and REID, Associate Judges.

ON REHEARING EN BANC

PER CURIAM.

In Beach v. United States, 466 A.2d 862 (D.C.1983), this court held that it was error for the trial court to allow a witness to testify as both an expert and a lay witness in a prosecution for possession of a controlled substance.1 The court concluded that "there was a substantial danger that appellant would be prejudiced because [the expert's] credibility...

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