LENNON v. U.S.

Nos. 97-CM-1240 and 97-CM-1334.

736 A.2d 208 (1999)

George LENNON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Briley, Jr., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Matthew L. Levine, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher and Kristina L. Ament, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and TERRY and REID, Associate Judges.


TERRY, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted of two counts of failure to appear in court when required, in violation of D.C.Code § 23-1327 (1996), commonly known as the Bail Reform Act (BRA). In these consolidated appeals from the two convictions, appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss one of the counts on the ground that the two charges violated the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment. We agree, and thus we...

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