Legal Opinion
Green v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 7, 1982No. 80-1033PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Associate Judge:
Appellant was found guilty by a jury of unlawful possession of marijuana, D.C.Code 1973, § 33-402. On appeal he alleges that, because he was charged only with possession, and not sale, 1 of marijuana, he was unduly prejudiced at trial by the admission of evidence that he had made two sales of marijuana shortly before the police arrested him and recovered marijuana in his possession. We hold that under the facts present here the evidence of sales was properly admitted to explain the immediate circumstances surrounding the commission of the crime charged. Accordingly, we…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Watts v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Willcher v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Tabron v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Wooten v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
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3Cited by55 opinions
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- Derrington v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
- Head v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
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