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McCALL v. SWAIN

No. 73-2013.

510 F.2d 167 (1975)

James E. McCALL v. C. L. SWAIN, Superintendent, Lorton Reformatory, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel for the District of Columbia, 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 appellants.

Laurence Sarezky,* with whom Ricardo M. Urbina, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before MOORE, Senior Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT and ROBB, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

We must decide today whether, under the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970,1 the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the Superior Court of the District of Columbia has habeas corpus jurisdiction over an individual sentenced for local crimes by the District Court, when...

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