SPEIGHT v. U.S.

No. 87-1369.

558 A.2d 357 (1989)

Thomas Gerald SPEIGHT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joyce A. Wilson, appointed by this court, was on the brief, for appellant.

Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., with whom Michael W. Farrell, Helen M. Bollwerk, and Su Zann Lamb, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee. Sharon M. Collins, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., also filed an appearance.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, FERREN, Associate Judge, and KERN, Senior Judge.


KERN, Senior Judge:

In October 1986, Congress enacted the District of Columbia Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act, Pub.L. No. 99-573, § 2(a), 100 Stat. 3228 (codified at D.C.Code § 11-1732 (1988 Supp.)) (the Act).1 The Act, inter alia,2 authorized hearing commissioners to serve on a permanent basis in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and empowered them to "make findings" and...

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