United States v. Williams, No. 13-3059 (D.C. Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of two drug possession offenses and one drug conspiracy offense. The court applied the especially deferential "manifest miscarriage of justice" standard and concluded that there was sufficient evidence to convict defendant of the drug conspiracy offense. The court also concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion by excluding evidence of defendant's prior acquittal on the drug distribution counts. Therefore, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court except that, consistent with the court's ordinary practice in these circumstances, the court remanded the case so that the district court may address defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in the first instance.
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