Legal Opinion
Jones v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 21, 2011No. 08-CM-1409PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
Appellant, Damion M. Jones, appeals his conviction in Superior Court on one count of possession of phencyclidine (PCP). On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in admitting prejudicial hearsay statements and in allowing the government to mischaracterize the evidence during its closing statement. We conclude that the trial court erred in admitting hearsay evidence, and that the error was not harmless; therefore, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
I. Facts
Appellant was charged by information with “unlawfully, knowingly, and intentionally posess[ing] a quantity…
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