STARR v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 2859.

176 A.2d 878 (1962)

Harold W. STARR, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided January 8, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Heller, Washington, D. C., with whom Monroe Oppenheimer and Lawrence Speiser, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Ted D. Kuemmerling, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Chester H. Gray, Corp. Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code § 11-776(b).


HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant was charged with failure to comply with the direction displayed by a traffic signal. After posting collateral of $5 he appeared in court and contested the charge. He was found guilty and a fine of $5 was imposed. He then applied to this court for the allowance of an appeal.1 In his application he alleged that when he announced in the trial court his intention to apply for an appeal, he was compelled to...

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