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State Courts - District of Columbia - February 26, 2009

Bonner v. Peterson, No. 07-CV-1401, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, February 26, 2009, Decided
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In re Bach, No. 07-BG-1389, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, February 26, 2009, Decided
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Overview: Attorney was disbarred from practice in District of Columbia after he wrote himself a check from estate for his services, knowing he could not do so without court approval, which he had not yet received, as ward's nursing home had made a claim against estate and attorney was afraid he would not get paid if he waited for approval of fee petition.

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Smith v. United States, No. 06-CF-243, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, February 26, 2009, Decided
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Overview: A violation of the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause required reversal of defendant's cocaine-possession conviction, D.C. Code ? 48-904.01(d), as the appeals court was not confident that the lesser-included attempt offense would not have been affected by a chemist's report regarding so-called "DEA-7" drug analysis.

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Williams v. United States, Nos. 06-CF-1586, 06-CF-1587, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, February 26, 2009, Decided
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Overview: Convictions for distributing cocaine were vacated and case was remanded for entry of convictions on lesser-included offense of attempted distribution, where finding as to illegal nature of the substance could have been inferred from the transaction and the substance field-tested positive for cocaine, testimony that was unchallenged by defendants.

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