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U.S. v. DAY

No. 96-CO-1076.

697 A.2d 31 (1997)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Norman A. DAY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven E. Rindner, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Elizabeth Trosman, and Mark J. Carroll, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellant.

Atiq R. Ahmed, appointed by the court, Silver Spring, MD, for appellee.

Before FERREN, STEADMAN and REID, Associate Judges.

REID, Associate Judge:

The trial court dismissed the indictment against appellee Norman Day on the ground of unconstitutional delay in the indictment, and because of the government's destruction of the automobile involved in the vehicular homicide that led to the indictment. We reverse.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

On September 20, 1995, a grand jury indicted appellee Norman Day on a charge of negligent homicide, in violation of D.C.Code § 40-713 (1990)...

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