U.S. v. CURTIS

Nos. 99-CO-701, 99-CO-702.

755 A.2d 1011 (2000)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Nathaniel L. CURTIS and Adrian V. Price, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon A. Sprague, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher and Elizabeth Trosman, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellant.

Anthony E. Smith, appointed by the court, for appellee Curtis.

John M. Copacino, appointed by the court, with whom Steven H. Goldblatt was on the brief, for appellee Price.

Before SCHWELB, RUIZ, and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.


WASHINGTON, Associate Judge:

The issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in dismissing appellees' cases as a sanction for appellant's failure to comply with the court's order to provide certain discovery ordered pursuant to R. 16 of the Super. Ct. R. of Crim. Procedure. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand.

I.

On August 15, 1997, appellees Nathaniel Curtis and Adrian Price were arrested after having been observed in an apparent...

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