United States DC Circuit

An instruction that the jury need find only a "detectable amount" as opposed to "any specific amount" of drugs in order to convict resulted in harmless error.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/02/2001
• Decided 12/28/2001
• Published 12/28/2001

Judges

• Before:  EDWARDS and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David B. Smith, appointed by the court, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David B. Goodhand, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the brief were Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, John R. Fisher, Mary Patrice Brown, Thomas C. Black and John Crabb Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorneys.