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SEDGWICK v. SUPERIOR COURT FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 76-1967.

584 F.2d 1044 (1978)

Alan SEDGWICK v. SUPERIOR COURT FOR the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 25, 1978.

As Amended September 29, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Fabrikant, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Oscar Altshuler and Edward D. Ross, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellant.

W. Gary Kohlman, Washington, D. C., with whom Frederick H. Weisberg, Jeffrey Freund and Silas Wasserstrom, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, LEVENTHAL and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge.

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

In this action, a petition for habeas corpus brought against the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, the District Court granted the petition and the government took a timely appeal.1 The issuance of the writ was grounded on the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Constitution.2

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