Legal Opinion

Bynum v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided May 30, 2002No. 96-CF-1356PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUIZ, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of possession of marijuana,1 and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine,2 and received consecutive sentences of one year for marijuana possession and twenty to sixty years (all but ten years suspended) for possessing crack cocaine with intent to distribute. On appeal he challenges several evidentia-ry rulings that he claims prevented him from presenting evidence that he was a crack addict in order to rebut the government’s evidence that he intended to distribute crack cocaine. We reverse the conviction for possession with intent to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Hill v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. Henderson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
  4. Coates v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. United States v. WilliamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. ETDH Associates v. Waterfall Ventures, LLCDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2010
  2. Wint v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2022
  3. Wint v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2022

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