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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. P. L. M.

No. 7894.

325 A.2d 600 (1974)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. P. L. M., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo N. Gorman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Thomas A. Guidoboni, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Paul L. Friedman and William M. Brodsky, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the memorandum of the United States as amicus curiae. James F. McMullin, Asst. U. S. Atty., entered an appearance.

Before FICKLING, GALLAGHER and PAIR, Associate Judges.

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal by the government from a dismissal by the Superior Court of a petition alleging juvenile delinquency because only a federal offense was charged to support the petition.1 The trial court held that the Family Division of Superior Court had no jurisdiction to try a juvenile in these circumstances as jurisdiction was lodged in the United States District Court, not the Superior Court. We reverse...

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