Legal Opinion

Callaham v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided December 13, 2007No. 05-CM-1238PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KRAMER, Associate Judge:

At the conclusion of a bench trial, appellant, Revena Callaham, was convicted of possession of cocaine, in violation of D.C.Code § 48 — 904.01(d) (2001) and sentenced to 180 days imprisonment. The trial court suspended the term of imprisonment and placed Callaham on nine months of supervised probation. Callaham now seeks reversal of her conviction, claiming that the trial court erred when it permitted the government to introduce the analysis of the substance alleged to be cocaine through the report of a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) chemist who analyzed the substance,…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. VasquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
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  5. Carrington v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2013

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