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HELM v. U.S.

No. 87-845.

555 A.2d 465 (1989)

Cappie HELM, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 17, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Scott Funger, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Elizabeth Trosman, and James R. Costello, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, BELSON and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

Cappie Helm appeals from his conviction of possession of heroin with intent to distribute it, in violation of D.C. Code § 33-541(a) (1988). His principal contention is that the trial judge committed prejudicial error by instructing the jurors, in response to an inquiry which they sent to him during their deliberations, that the chemical analysis by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of the drugs in question "is not open to challenge...

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