Legal Opinion
United States v. Curtis
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 1, 2000No. 99-CO-701, 99-CO-702PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Associate Judge:
The issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in dismissing appellees’ cases as a sanction for appellant’s failure to comply with the court’s order to provide certain discovery ordered pursuant to R. 16 of the Super. Ct. R. of Crim. Procedure. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand. ■
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On August 15, 1997, appellees Nathaniel Curtis and Adrian Price were arrested after having been observed in an apparent illegal drug transaction in which Price allegedly sold heroin to Curtis. One small, pink ziplock bag containing á white substance that field tested…
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