Bell v. United States

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute it, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1993). His principal argument on appeal is that the trial court erred in admitting what he regards as “other crimes” evidence, namely, evidence that he had engaged in several apparent drug sales shortly before he was arrested. We affirm.

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On a summer afternoon in broad daylight, while appellant stood on the sidewalk in front of a methadone clinic on New Jersey Avenue, S.E., several other persons gathered around him. One by one, they gave him money in…