JONES v. U.S.

No. 08-CM-1409.

17 A.3d 628 (2011)

Damion M. JONES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Klein , Corinne Beckwith and Richard Greenlee , Public Defender Service, were on the brief for appellant.

Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, Roy W. McLeese III and L. Jackson Thomas II , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before RUIZ, KRAMER, and OBERLY, Associate Judges.


RUIZ, Associate Judge:

Appellant, Damion M. Jones, appeals his conviction in Superior Court on one count of possession of phencyclidine (PCP). On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in admitting prejudicial hearsay statements and in allowing the government to mischaracterize the evidence during its closing statement. We conclude that the trial court erred in admitting hearsay evidence, and that the error was not harmless; therefore, we reverse and remand...

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