Legal Opinion
United States v. Henry T. Lane, A/K/A Dutch, A/K/A Henry T, (Two Cases)
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 12, 1979No. 77-1393, 77-1394PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
On evidence tending to prove eight sales of heroin to an undercover police officer, appellant has been convicted of distributing that drug. 1 At trial, he objected to introduction of the allegedly-sold packets of heroin into evidence on the ground that the Government had failed to establish a sufficiently-protective chain of custody extending from the charged incidents to the points at which the contents of the packets were subjected to chemical analysis. The District Court let the contested items in, and the sole question on appeal is whether it…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. HaldemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- 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
- Wheeler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by45 opinions
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