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SCOTT v. U.S.

No. 04-CF-527.

954 A.2d 1037 (2008)

Shanti A. SCOTT, Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 21, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Kraus, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Alessio D. Evangelista, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, John R. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Roy W. McLeese, III, Elizabeth Trosman, John K. Han, and Sharon A. Sprague, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief and supplemental brief, for appellee.

Before RUIZ, Associate Judge, and BELSON and TERRY, Senior Judges.

TERRY, Senior Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of aggravated assault while armed (AAWA) and five related firearms offenses.1 On appeal, he contends that the trial court abused its discretion when it allowed the government to introduce evidence of suspected marijuana that was found on his person and in the console of the car he was driving at the time of his arrest, even though he was not charged with possession of marijuana...

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