Young v. United States

The trial court sitting without a jury adjudged appellant guilty of possession of a controlled substance in violation of D.C.Code § 38-541(d) and sentenced him to 180 days imprisonment pursuant to the so-called Misdemeanor Streamlining Act of 1994.1

The only issue appellant raises on this appeal is that he was entitled to a jury trial because the offense of which he was charged and convicted is not “petty” within the meaning of the Supreme Court’s decisions such as Duncan v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 145, 88 S.Ct. 1444, 20 L.Ed.2d 491 (1968), and Blanton v. City of North Las Vegas, 489 U.S. 538, 109…