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RIVAS v. U.S.

Nos. 97-CF-304, 97-CF-416.

734 A.2d 655 (1999)

Baltazar RIVAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee, and Jose M. Melgar, Appellant, v. United States, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 12, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tamara A. Shockley, Washington, for appellant Baltazar Rivas.

Nathan I. Silver, Washington, for appellant Jose M. Melgar.

Stefanie F. Roemer, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher and Elizabeth Trosman, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before SCHWELB, FARRELL, and RUIZ, Associate Judges.

SCHWELB, Associate J.

Baltazar Rivas and Jose M. Melgar were convicted by a jury of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it (PWID), in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a) (1998). On appeal, they challenge a number of rulings by the trial judge. Perceiving no reversible error, we affirm.

I.

On February 11, 1996, at approximately 1:00 a.m., officers of the United States Secret Service observed a car which was stopped in the middle of...

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