JEFFERSON v. U.S.

No. 96-CF-637.

712 A.2d 477 (1998)

Larry A. JEFFERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Carr, Williamsville, NY, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Lisa C. Baskerville, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Mary Lou Leary, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher and Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before SCHWELB and RUIZ, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.


GALLAGHER, Senior Judge:

A jury convicted appellant of unlawful possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, cocaine, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1995), and the trial court sentenced him to four to twelve years imprisonment. He contends on appeal that the trial court erred by concluding that he was ineligible for sentencing as a drug addict pursuant to former D.C.Code § 33-541(c)(2) (1993).1 We affirm...

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