ELLIS v. U.S.

Nos. 05-CF-302, 05-CF-376.

941 A.2d 1042 (2008)

Donald ELLIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 7, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaclyn S. Frankfurt, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Cortney Lollar, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Chrisellen R. Kolb, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney, Roy W. McLeese III, Lisa H. Schertler, and Eric P. Gallun, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REID and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges, and SCHWELB, Senior Judge.


SCHWELB, Senior Judge:

Following a jury trial, Donald Ellis was found guilty of one count of unlawful distribution of heroin in a drug-free zone1 and of one count of willful failure to appear (FTA) at a status hearing in the heroin distribution case.2 On appeal from his conviction and sentence on the heroin count,3 Ellis principally contends that the trial judge erred by denying...

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