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PURCELL v. U.S.

No. 91-51.

594 A.2d 527 (1991)

Ralph W. PURCELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 10, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia D. Ricks, with whom Dovey J. Roundtree, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Elizabeth H. Danello, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher and Thomas J. Hibarger, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, TERRY, and WAGNER, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

While driving his car through an intersection in northeast Washington, appellant Purcell struck and killed a pedestrian. A few weeks later the grand jury returned an indictment charging him with negligent homicide, a felony under D.C.Code § 40-713 (1990). Purcell moved to dismiss the indictment, contending that his previous prosecution for traffic offenses arising out of the same incident barred the instant prosecution on double

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