Legal Opinion
Belton v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 26, 1990No. 89-42PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
Appellant, convicted of a drug offense, raises on appeal a novel issue with respect to the statutory provision authorizing the government to introduce a chemist’s drug analysis report. D.C.Code § 33-556 (1988). 1 He argues that because the government failed to provide him with a copy of the report of a chemical analysis of the drugs at least five days before trial, as required by that statute, the trial court erred in admitting the report into evidence. We conclude that although the government failed to comply with the statute, appellant suffered no prejudice…
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