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ELLIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 01-CF-1547.

834 A.2d 858 (2003)

Paul D. ELLIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 23, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian A. Williams, Washington, DC, was on the brief for appellant.

Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Elizabeth Trosman, Irma Valdez, and Tracy N. Ferguson, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, FARRELL, and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Convicted by a jury of distribution of cocaine, appellant argues mainly that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) chemist's report of analysis of the drugs should have been excluded as hearsay because the government did not present "foundational testimony" by a police officer (or anyone else) that the report was a business record kept in the regular course of the DEA's business. The court resolved this issue against appellant in Giles v. District...

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