Yelverton v. United States

BELSON, Senior Judge:

Appellant Anthony Yelverton was found guilty in a jury trial of one count of unlawful possession of heroin with intent to distribute and one count of unlawful possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.1 Appellant argues that the trial court erred by (1) responding to a juror’s questions regarding third-party perpetrator evidence with a supplemental instruction that included extraneous and distracting information and was unbalanced in the government’s favor; and (2) instructing the jury that the investigating officers were not required to photograph the controlled…