TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted of distributing cocaine, a controlled substance, in violation of D.C.Code § 33-541(a)(1) (1988). On appeal he contends that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence a Form DEA-7, a chemist's report identifying the alleged controlled substance as cocaine, because the government had failed to comply with the notice requirement of D.C.Code § 33-556 (1988). We agree and reverse.
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