Brown v. United States

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

Appellant Reginald Brown was charged with one count of possession of marijuana and one count of possession of phencycli-dine (PCP). D.C.Code § 33-541(d) (1986 Supp.). The jury returned a partial verdict finding him guilty of possessing marijuana, but before it had reached agreement on the PCP count the trial judge declared a mistrial on that count when one juror became ill. Brown seeks reversal of his conviction because the trial court failed sua sponte to give a special unanimity instruction, denied motions for a judgment of acquittal and to suppress evidence, and…