2012 District of Columbia Code
Section 48-904.05

Effect of acquittal or conviction under federal law

No person shall be prosecuted for a violation of any provision of this chapter if such person has been acquitted or convicted under any United States statute governing the sale or distribution of controlled substances of the same act or omission which is alleged to constitute a violation of this chapter.

CREDIT(S)

(Aug. 5, 1981, D.C. Law 4-29, § 405, 28 DCR 3081.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 33-545.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 4-29, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 48-901.02.

Current through September 13, 2012

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