Legal Opinion
Wishop v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 8, 1987No. 84-1023PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Clyde Smith and Gregory Wishop were jointly convicted of distributing two controlled substances, phencyclidine (PCP) and marijuana, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1986 Supp.). Wishop’s sole contention before this court1 is that the trial court committed plain error in instructing the jury that the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he distributed a “measurable or usable amount of a controlled substance.” We reject his argument and affirm the conviction.
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The evidence showed a fairly typical street-corner sale of drugs by the two defendants to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Henderson v. KibbeSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Watts v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- Edelin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Bernard v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- King v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Thorne v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Lopez v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
- Thomas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
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