Legal Opinion
Harris v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 9, 1991No. 88-1574PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Senior Judge:
Appellant Cynthia Harris was convicted following a bench trial of driving under the influence of a drug in violation of D.C.Code § 40-716(b)(l) (1990 Repl.).1 Harris appeals on two grounds: (1) that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence lay opinion as to whether she was under the influence of a drug; and (2) that there was insufficient evidence to support her conviction in the absence of expert testimony that the presence of drugs in her system impaired her driving ability. We affirm.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Russell E. Carter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Ibn-Tamas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- Dyas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Turner v. American Security & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- State v. LindleySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
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3Cited by27 opinions
- McCracken v. Walls-KaufmanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
- Commonwealth v. YedinakSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- State v. MeanorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
- Karamychev v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
- Thomas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
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