McFarland v. United States

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

A jury found appellant guilty of one count each of distributing cocaine and carrying a dangerous weapon (a knife). On appeal the sole issue presented is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in admitting into evidence the fact that the police found $774 on appellant’s person— $700 in one pocket, $74 in another — at the time of his arrest for selling two ziplock bags of cocaine. We affirm.

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Detective Austin-Braxton of the Metropolitan Police and his partner, Detective Murphy, were driving in the area of 8th and I Streets, N.W., when Austin-Braxton saw appellant…