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GONZALEZ v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 84-859, 84-1521 and 84-1809.

498 A.2d 1172 (1985)

Carlos J. GONZALEZ, James H. Neal, and William C. Wright, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Rochon, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Randy Hertz, and Mark Carlin, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., were on the briefs, for appellants.

Debra N. Diener, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Robert L. Bredhoff, and Mark H. Dubester, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the briefs, for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

PRYOR, Chief Judge:

The sole issue presented in these consolidated appeals is whether D.C. Code § 24-465(b) (1981), which sets out a penalty for a work release prisoner's "failure to return" to his designated place of confinement, is the exclusive penalty for such a violation by a misdemeanant sentenced to work release under the District of Columbia Work Release Act, D.C. Code §§ 24-465 et seq. (1981) (hereinafter the Work Release Act or Act...

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