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UNITED STATES v. YOUNG

No. 4316.

237 A.2d 542 (1968)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Willie J. YOUNG, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 19, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Bress, U.S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Scott R. Schoenfeld, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellant.

Frederick H. Evans and James T. Wright, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

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

MYERS, Associate Judge:

Appellee was charged by information with negligent homicide,1 pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial. Because the Government was not prepared to prosecute on the trial date or on either of two successive dates to which the case had been continued, the trial judge dismissed the information, noting on the record only: "Dismissed for want of prosecution." Approximately two months later, a second information was...

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