ROSENBERG v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 6141, 6142.

297 A.2d 763 (1972)

Richard Phillip ROSENBERG, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Jerry ROSENBERG, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey B. Bolton, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Richard M. Millman, Washington, D. C. was on the brief, for appellants.

Thomas H. Queen, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty. John A. Terry and Guy H. Cunningham, III, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KERN and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.


REILLY, Chief Judge:

The principal issue presented by these appeals is one of statutory construction, viz., whether the unexplained possession of large quantities of capsules, quinine hydrochloride, dextrose, and lactose — materials used by illicit dealers in heroin to adulterate and package their products for individual users of narcotics — is a violation of D. C.Code 1967, § 22-3601, which makes it illegal to possess the implements of a...

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