Dalton v. United States

BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:

Following a jury trial, appellant Jimi Dalton was convicted of unlawful possession with intent to distribute phencyclidine (POP), unlawful possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and unlawful possession of marijuana.1 On appeal, appellant challenges: (1) the trial court’s denial of the motion to suppress the drug evidence; (2) the trial court’s refusal to release the jury despite two deadlock notes and a Gallagher anti-deadlock instruction; (3) the trial court’s imposition of an allegedly vindictive sentence, which punished appellant for exercising his…