Legal Opinion
Medrano-Quiroz v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 30, 1997No. 94-CF-1517, 94-CF-1611, 95-CF-1564PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
David Medrano-Quiroz and Ronald W. Sermeno were convicted by a jury of distribution of cocaine and of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(l) (1993).1 On appeal, their principal contention is that the trial judge abused his discretion by refusing to disqualify a juror for misconduct.2 We affirm.
I
THE TRIAL COURT PROCEEDINGS
A. The evidence.
The prosecution presented evidence which, if credited, established that on September 1, 1993, officers of the Metropolitan Police Department, who were in a concealed observation post…
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