Legal Opinion
Harris v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 15, 1985No. 82-961PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted by a jury of a single count of possession of a controlled substance (heroin). D.C. Code § 33-541(d) (Supp.1984). On this appeal he raises several issues, the most significant of which is the refusal by the trial court to permit him to be present when certain testimony was read back to the jury by the court reporter. We affirm.
We set forth the evidence in detail because we will refer later to the harmless error doctrine. Although appellant was charged only with possession, the government’s evidence showed that appellant sold a packet of heroin to…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Illinois v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Desist v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by27 opinions
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