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GILES v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 86-178.

548 A.2d 48 (1988)

Thomas S. GILES, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 9, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian L. Nugent, Jr. Washington, D.C., for appellant.

George Valentine, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom James R. Murphy, Acting Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. and Michael W. Farrell, Elizabeth Trosman, and Kenneth W. Cowgill, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., filed a brief on behalf of the U.S. as amicus curiae.

Before FERREN, TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

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...

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