HARVIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 4473.

245 A.2d 307 (1968)

Augustus E. HARVIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. O'Berg, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Lee A. Freeman, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom David G. Bress, U.S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U.S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Foy R. Devine, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, argued as amicus curiae.

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


KELLY, Associate Judge:

We decide in this appeal that the trial judges of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions have authority to impose sentence under the Federal Youth Corrections Act.1

Appellant was charged by information with petit larceny, D.C.Code 1967, § 22-2202, and unlawful entry, D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3102. Represented by counsel, appellant withdrew his jury...

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