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JOHN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 02-CT-351, 02-CT-352.

813 A.2d 178 (2002)

Thomas JOHN and Anna John, Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 26, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian A. Williams and William J. Garber, with whom Kyle A. McGonigal was on the brief, Washington, for appellants.

Sidney R. Bixler, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Arabella W. Teal, Interim Corporation Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Supervisory Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, SCHWELB and REID, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge.

This is a pretrial appeal from a criminal prosecution which the appellants claim violates their rights under the Double Jeopardy Clause. The current prosecution is for numerous alleged violations of the housing code, 14 DCMR § 100.1 et seq, (2001), in an apartment building controlled by appellants. The double jeopardy claim is based upon a civil proceeding in which the District obtained a temporary receivership of the apartment...

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