U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1962

District of Columbia v. Moody

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · Decided June 21, 1962 · Bastían, Danaher, Washington

304 F.2d 943; 113 U.S. App. D.C. 67 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Mr. Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, and Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, submitted on the brief for District of Columbia., No appearance was entered for defendants.

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

District of Columbia v. Mark Grimes (D.C. Cir. 1968)
Smith v. District of Columbia (D.C. 1966)
District of Columbia v. Ione Moody. District of Columbia v. Walter Hill and Franklin W. Hamilton (D.C. Cir. 1962)
In re Prosecution of Nicco Settles (D.C. 2019)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

We have before us the question, certified to us by a judge of the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia,1 whether the offense of destroying private property, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-3112 (1961), should be prosecuted by the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia or by the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. Inasmuch as violations of Section 22-3112 are, to quote the section as amended, presently punishable by “fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both such fine and imprisonment” (emphasis supplied), we think that by reason of D. C.Code § 23-101 prosecutions under Section 22-3112 must be conducted by the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia. See United States v. Strothers, 97 U.S.App.D.C. 63, 228 F.2d 34 (1955).

So ordered.

. Pursuant to D.C.Code § 23—102 (1961).

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