Legal Opinion

Jamison v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided November 27, 1991No. 89-399, 89-488PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellants Lemuel Kenley and Dina Jam-ison were occupants 1 of a two-story row house in which quantities of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $3,000, and related drug packaging paraphernalia were seized pursuant to a search warrant. 2 In a joint jury trial, each was convicted on one count of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(l) (1988), and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Id. § 33-603(a). 3

The principal trial errors asserted on appeal are: 1) the government’s introduction into evidence of Jamison’s withdrawal…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. McNeil v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Nathan L. Drew v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
  4. Watts v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
  5. Commonwealth v. GrazianoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Anderson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2004
  2. District of Columbia v. Kora & Williams Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
  3. Winfield v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
  4. Belton v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
  5. Anderson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2004

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