District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1955

In Re Hoffman

In Re Hoffman
District of Columbia Court of Appeals · Decided December 21, 1955 · Cayton, Hoód, Quinñ
119 A.2d 113; 1955 D.C. App. LEXIS 238 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)

In Re Hoffman

Opinion

PER 'CURIAM.

At a hearing before the Juvenile Court, appellant was found to have violated Section 33 of the Traffic and Motor Vehicle Regulations for the District of Columbia. 1 We are now asked to set aside that finding on.the ground that it is not supported by thq evidence.

The function of this court is not to retry issues of fact but to resolve questions of law. On an appeal such as this, should the record disclose substantial evidence from which a conclusion of violation might be drawn, we have no recourse but to affirm. A reiteration of the facts will not be attempted here. Suffice it to say that the evidence adduced at the bearing did not compel a finding for appellant.

*114 Perhaps had we been the triers of the facts the result would have been otherwise, but this neither justifies nor authorizes a reversal.

Affirmed.

1

. “The driver of a vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due ro-gard for the speed' of such vehicles and the traffic upon and the condition of the highway.”

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