RANDALL v. DEPT. OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

No. 87-1043.

551 A.2d 90 (1988)

Wilma A. RANDALL, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilma A. Randall, pro se.

Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Acting Corp. Counsel at the time the petition for review was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for respondent.

N. Denise Wilson-Taylor, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for the District of Columbia Dept. of Employment Services.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and FERREN and TERRY, Associate Judges.


ROGERS, Chief Judge:

Petitioner Wilma Randall appeals from the denial of her claim under the District of Columbia Victims of Violent Crime Compensation Act of 1981, D.C.Code §§ 3-401 et seq. (1988 Repl.). She contends that the Department of Employment Services erred in relying on § 3-403(c)(3) to deny her benefits based on her protest of the decision by the prosecutor not to prosecute her assailant. We agree, and accordingly, we reverse and remand...

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