Legal Opinion

DEANDRE BROOKS v. UNITED STATES

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided January 28, 2016No. 14-CM-1091PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROY W. McLEESE, Associate Judge:

Appellant DeAndre Brooks seeks reversal of his convictions, for assault op a police officer and possession of drug paraphernalia. Mr. Brooks challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction for possession of drug paraphernalia. He also argues that the: trial court abused its discretion by refusing to continue the trial to permit further plea negotiations. We hold that the evidence was insufficient to support Mr. Brooks’s conviction for possession of drug paraphernalia. We also hold that the trial court acted :within its discretion in denying…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Lafler v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  2. Missouri v. FryeSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  3. Weatherford v. BurseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Rivas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
  5. O'CONNOR v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. JAMES J. DORSEY v. UNITED STATESDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2017
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  4. Rita Solon v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2018
  5. Angel Bernal v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2017

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