DAVIDSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-102.

467 A.2d 1282 (1983)

William J. DAVIDSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Dwyer, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., with whom A. Franklin Burgess, Jr., Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, was on brief, for appellant. Barbara R. Miller and Linda Jacobson, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances, for appellant.

G. William Currier, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell and John R. Fisher, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before KERN and NEBEKER, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Associate Judge, Retired.


KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted upon his plea of guilty to the misdemeanor crime of destruction of property, D.C.Code § 22-405 (1981), for throwing a tear gas grenade into a bar and restaurant located in the Capitol Hill area of the city. The trial court sentenced him to 270 days in jail. Appellant, a member of the Marine Corps at the time of the offense and the sentencing, then sought work release pursuant to D.C.Code §§ 24-461 (1981...

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