HOWARD v. U.S.

No. 05-CM-221.

929 A.2d 839 (2007)

Robert J. HOWARD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 6, 2006.

Amended May 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. Hart, Washington, appointed by the court, for appellant. Dennis M. Hart filed a supplemental brief for appellant.

John W. Borchert, with whom Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney at the time, and Roy W. McLeese III, and Margaret Sewell, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III, Elizabeth H. Danello, John W. Borchert, and Chrisellen R. Kolb, Assistant United States Attorneys, filed a supplemental brief, for appellee.

James Klein, Samia Fam, and Andrea Roth, Public Defender Service, filed a supplemental brief as amicus curiae in support of appellant's petition.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, REID, Associate Judge, and KING, Senior Judge.


REID, Associate Judge:

After a bench trial, appellant Robert J. Howard was convicted of one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (marijuana), in violation of D.C.Code § 48-904.01(d) (2001). He filed a timely notice of appeal challenging the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence, the sufficiency of the evidence, and the trial court's denial of his motion to require the government to produce for examination at trial the chemist...

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