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UNITED STATES v. DICKERSON

No. 14959.

271 F.2d 487 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Robert L. DICKERSON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis M. Kaplan, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Samuel J. L'Hommedieu, Jr., Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.

BASTIAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal by the United States is from a final order of the District Court granting appellee's (defendant's) motion to dismiss an indictment on the ground of double jeopardy.

On August 18, 1958, appellee, 17 years of age, was arrested pursuant to petitions filed in the Juvenile Court under the provisions of § 11-908, D.C.Code (1951). These petitions charged robbery on August 15, 1958, and conspiracy to commit robbery on August...

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