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BLUNT v. UNITED STATES

No. 8459.

322 A.2d 579 (1974)

Thomas Edward BLUNT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

July 8, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin M. Feldman, Rockville, Md., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Richard A. Graham and Donald E. Robinson, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KELLY and NEBEKER, Associate Judges, in chambers.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

In this case, appellant challenges not only the application to him of the pretrial detention statute, viz., D.C.Code 1973, § 23-1322, but also its constitutionality. The relevant portion of this Code provision reads:

(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, a judicial officer may order pretrial detention of — (1) a person charged with a dangerous crime, as defined in section 23-1331(3), if the Government...

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