Legal Opinion

Brown v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided June 24, 1993No. 92-CM-251PublishedCited by 84 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of possession of cocaine 1 and possession of drug paraphernalia. 2 He contends on appeal that the trial court erroneously (1) denied his motion to suppress the cocaine and the crack pipe that were taken from him when he was arrested, (2) rejected his challenge to the composition of the jury, (3) refused to compel the government to produce the chemist who analyzed the drugs, and (4) declined to tell the jury that the court, rather than the jury, would decide the paraphernalia count. We find no merit in any of these contentions and accordingly…

2Cases cited57 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by84 opinions

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