Legal Opinion
Giles v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 9, 1988No. 86-178PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
In a civil forfeiture action pursuant to D.C. Code § 33-556 (1988 Repl.), Judge McArdle ordered appellant Giles to forfeit $196.00 upon finding, after a bench trial, that appellant and his brother had received the money from a sale of heroin and cocaine to a Mr. Holmes. Giles appeals, alleging that the trial court erred in admitting an improperly authenticated chemist’s report of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). We disagree and thus affirm.
I
On November 29, 1983, appellant Giles and his brother were arrested for distribution of heroin and cocaine. The police found…
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