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ROBINSON v. U.S.

Nos. 98-CM-106, 98-CO-694.

769 A.2d 747 (2001)

Patrick ROBINSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 15, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Warnock, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Elizabeth H. Danello, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Elizabeth Trosman, and Whitney C. Ellerman, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, GLICKMAN and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.

GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

This is one of several pending appeals arising from criminal prosecutions in a special unit of the Superior Court established by the Chief Judge to hear domestic violence cases exclusively. The appeals raise the same issues: whether the Domestic Violence Unit, as it is called, was constituted in violation of law and was without "jurisdiction;" and whether unconstitutional discrimination against men in the prosecution of domestic violence...

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