Collins v. United States

FERREN, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant of possessing cocaine. D.C.Code § 33-541(d) (1988). He now appeals, contending the trial court erred by (1) refusing to allow two witnesses to testify on appellant’s behalf; (2) restricting his cross-examination of the arresting officer for alleged bias; and (3) allowing the prosecutor to misstate the law of actual and constructive possession in his closing argument. Appellant also contends that if none of these errors alone is enough for reversal, taken together they resulted in an unfair trial. Because we believe the trial court abused its…