Legal Opinion
Duvall v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 16, 1996No. 95-CF-739PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
Adrian D. Duvall was convicted by an eleven-member jury of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it (PWID), in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(l) (1989). On appeal, he contends that the trial judge erred in accepting a verdict from eleven jurors. First, Duvall claims that the conduct underlying the charge against him occurred prior to the effective date of the Jury Trial Amendment Act of 1994 (JTAA), D.C. Law 10-232, D.C.Code § 16-705(c) (1995), which authorizes eleven-juror verdicts under certain extraordinary circumstances, and that the JTAA is therefore…
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