MATTER OF V.G.E.

Nos. 81-682, 81-728.

452 A.2d 1195 (1982)

In the Matter of V.G.E., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Franklin Burgess, Jr., Public Defender Service, with whom William J. Mertens, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEBEKER, PRYOR and TERRY, Associate Judges.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Appellant contests the denial of a motion to dismiss, on double jeopardy grounds, a petition in a juvenile case charging armed rape and robbery. At trial, the trial judge declared a mistrial on appellant's motion based upon an in camera inspection of material submitted by the prosecutor pursuant to the Jencks Act (18 U.S.C. § 3500(c) (1976)), wherein reference to other instances of criminal...

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