Opinion ID: 2787401
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Appellant’s Convictions

Text: Appellant was charged by information on July 5, 2013, with one count of unlawful possession of marijuana and one count of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.1 On November 22, 2013, he was tried, convicted on both counts, and sentenced to two concurrent terms of time served. He filed a notice of appeal that same day. Evidence at trial showed that on July 4, 2013, officers of the Metropolitan Police Department found two bags of a green weed-like substance, an empty pill 1 D.C. Code §§ 48-904.01 (d)(1), -1103 (a) (2012 Repl.). 3 bottle, and 174 empty yellow and green baggies in appellant’s van. Later drug analysis concluded that the green substance was 1.8 grams of marijuana.