Wooley v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
Associate Judge FERREN. *
Wooley appeals his conviction for unlawful possession with intent to distribute (PWID) a controlled substance, D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1993 Repl), alleging primarily that he was denied his Fifth Amendment right to be tried only on charges contained in the grand jury’s indictment. 1 More specifically, he claims a Fifth Amendment violation because the indictment alleged that the controlled substance in question was heroin, while the evidence at trial made clear that the drugs were in fact cocaine. We conclude that, in legal effect, the trial court constructively…
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