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BRIGGS v. UNITED STATES

No. 12560.

226 F.2d 350 (1955)

Warren G. BRIGGS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James Mitchell Jones, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Messrs. Lewis Carroll and Harold H. Titus, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Briggs was arrested under a charge of robbery. Being seventeen years old he was delivered into custody of Juvenile Court authorities. That court waived jurisdiction, pursuant to authority granted by statute,1 and Briggs was indicted, tried and convicted in the District Court.

On this appeal Briggs says the statute which permits the waiver of jurisdiction by the Juvenile Court is void because...

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