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LEE v. UNITED STATES

No. 10884.

383 A.2d 360 (1978)

Diane LEE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 24, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Schmit, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Edward D. Ross, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, William D. Pease, and Richard C. Otto, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, KERN, Associate Judge, and HOOD, Chief Judge, Retired.

HOOD, Chief Judge, Retired:

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of possession of heroin in violation of D.C.Code 1973, § 33-402; and here she makes two claims of error: one relating to the testimony of the government's expert witness and the other relating to the right to a speedy trial.

An undercover police officer testified he went to appellant's apartment and attempted to purchase from her a drug known as Preludin or "bam." She told him she had stopped...

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