Legal Opinion
Ford v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 11, 1978No. 12832PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted by a jury of unlawful possession of heroin. D.C.Code 1973, § 33-402(a). He urges reversal on the grounds that (1) the trial court erred in not replacing the jury panel after the clerk improperly called appellant’s case, (2) the trial court erred in allowing the arresting officer to testify that he was executing an arrest warrant for appellant when appellant was found with the narcotics, and (3) the government failed to demonstrate a proper chain of custody for the narcotics evidence introduced against him. 1 We affirm.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Albert Lopez Gallego v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- William J. Gass v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Carlee BrownCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Edelin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
- Herman C. West, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by31 opinions
- MacK v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Green v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
- German v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
- Jones v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
- Coles v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
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