Legal Opinion

Jackson v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided March 8, 2001No. 98-CF-1620, 99-CF-99PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

These consolidated appeals from drug convictions present the issue, among others, of whether the trial judge in each case erred in refusing to order disclosure of information under Super. CtCrim. R. 16 which the defendants claimed was relevant to their decision whether to call as a witness and cross-examine the chemist who analyzed the controlled substances in question. See D.C.Code § 33-556 (1998). Principally at issue is a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Form 86, a worksheet which documents the tests performed by the chemist and the results thereof. The…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Punch v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
  4. Davis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. United States v. ManningCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996

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