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UNITED STATES v. KENNEDY

No. 4014.

220 A.2d 322 (1966)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. David A. KENNEDY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 17, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Mays, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker and John J. McKenna, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellant.

O. B. Parker, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Gerald F. Uelmen, with whom William W. Greenhalgh, Washington, D. C., and Michael L. Slive were on the brief (appointed by this court as amicus curiae), argued for affirmance.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.

QUINN, Associate Judge.

This appeal arises from the dismissal by the trial court of an information charging appellee with simple assault. We are asked to decide whether the Court of General Sessions had jurisdiction to hear and determine the matter and, if so, whether that court erred in dismissing the information. For reasons to be developed, we answer these questions in the affirmative, and reverse the decision below.

Appellee was arrested on January 22...

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