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JONES v. U.S.

Nos. 95-CM-366, 97-CO-1963.

779 A.2d 357 (2001)

Jermaine JONES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Dumoff, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Luis A. Lopez, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Elizabeth Trosman, and Barry Wiegand, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY, RUIZ, and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.

WASHINGTON, Associate Judge:

Appellant Jermaine Jones was convicted by a jury of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, marijuana, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1), (2)(D) (1993 Repl.). Jones filed a timely notice of appeal. On appeal, Jones argues that the trial court erred in conducting a polling of the jury, and thus abused its discretion in accepting the jury's verdict as unanimous. We reverse.1

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