31.   Drug cases were everywhere.

32.   Each lawyer he contacted, he said, refused to handle drug cases for fear of ruining his reputation.

33.   Earlier this year, New York Judge Harold Baer Jr., a Clinton appointee, ruled against the police in a high-profile drug case.

34.   Federal and state prosecutors are accustomed to working together in U.S. District Court, notably on drug cases.

35.   Farrar, who worked in narcotics enforcement for four years, said the increase in gun problems might go hand in hand with the growing number of drug cases.

36.   For example, people who are charged in drug cases must be convicted of a felony before the state can confiscate their property.

37.   For the next few minutes, the double-murder case in California dominated voir dire in a drug trafficking case in Florida.

38.   Gene Orza, the union lawyer who handles drug cases, declined to speculate on when Gooden might be able to return.

39.   He also said that property is seized in drug cases only when that property has been purchased with drug money.

40.   He also singled out for criticism Judge Harold Baer Jr., who threw out a drug case in upper Manhattan, only to reverse himself after widespread criticism.