HOLT v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 10918 and 10920.

381 A.2d 1388 (1978)

David T. HOLT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Robert L. HOWARD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward DeV. Bunn, Arlington, Va., appointed by this court, for appellant in No. 10918.

Harold B. Peek, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant in No. 10920.

Edward D. Ross, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, William D. Pease and M. Elizabeth Medaglia, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KERN, GALLAGHER and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

Appellants were tried by a jury and convicted of the unlawful possession of a dangerous drug, preludin. (D.C.Code 1973, § 33-702(a)(4)). They contend on appeal that the trial court erred in refusing them an opportunity to impeach the rebuttal testimony of a government witness that appellant Holt was under the influence of narcotics at the time of his arrest.1 Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

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