Legal Opinion
United States v. Bravo
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 21, 2018No. CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 07-10200-DPW-1; CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-12063-DPW; CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 07-10200-DPW-13; CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-12065-DPWPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOUGLAS P. WOODLOCK, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
*19In August 2012, it came to light that Annie Dookhan, a chemist at a Massachusetts state testing laboratory, had been falsely certifying drug-tests. Ms. Dookhan has since been convicted and imprisoned for her misconduct, but the reverberations from her actions continue to be felt across the criminal justice system. As the First Circuit has explained, Ms. Dookhan's misconduct has "called into question a large number of federal and state drug convictions." Wilkins v. United States , 754 F.3d 24, 26 (1st Cir. 2014).
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Puckett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
- United States v. RuizSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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3Cited by2 opinions
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