District of Columbia Court of Appeals January 9, 1979, 13232 (Davis v. United States)

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

On appeal from a rape conviction, D.C. Code 1973, § 22-2801, appellant asserts that he is entitled to a new trial (1) for erroneous denial of a new trial motion where he asserted he was sleeping during parts of the trial because he had taken a prescribed pain killing medication; and (2) because assert-edly the jury or some jurors learned he was accused of and arrested