Legal Opinion
Thorne v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 29, 1990No. 85-597PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
Thorne was convicted of distribution of preludin in connection with an incident which occurred on June 4, 1983 (Count 1). He was acquitted of distribution of heroin in relation to an incident which occurred on November 6, 1983 (Count 3). He appeals from his conviction on Count 1, contending that that count should have been severed from Count 3 and that the government engaged in prosecutorial misconduct by purposely securing an invalid indictment on Count 3. We affirm.
Counts 1 and 3 involved crimes of a similar character, and were properly joined pursuant to…
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