Legal Opinion
Newman v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 2, 2012No. 09-CM-372PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Associate Judge:
Following a non-jury trial, appellant Kenneth Newman was convicted of attempted possession of a controlled substance (marijuana), in violation of D.C.Code §§ 48-904.01(d), 48-904.09 (2001).1 He asserts that the evidence was *323insufficient to sustain that conviction and that reversible error occurred when an officer testified about a field test he conducted on the green plant material. We disagree, and affirm.
I. The Government’s Evidence
On the evening of August 15, 2008, at about 7:30 p.m., Officer Zachary Melby and his partner, Officer Duane Johnson, were in the 1400…
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