UNITED STATES v. SMITH

No. 9393.

354 A.2d 510 (1976)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. James H. SMITH a/k/a Michael A. Smith, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 25, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hamilton P. Fox, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., John A. Terry, Richard L. Cys and Robert M. McNamara, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Frederick H. Weisberg, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, KELLY, Associate Judge, and REVERCOMB, Associate Judge, Superior Court.


REILLY, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal by the government from an order of a trial judge which, if permitted to stand, would require the courts of this jurisdiction to determine in advance of trial whether a first offender has a right not to be prosecuted for the crime with which he is charged. This case comes before the court in a somewhat unusual context.

The appellee (referred to herein as the "defendant") was arrested and thereafter charged by information...

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