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IN RE HALL

No. 11-SP-591.

31 A.3d 453 (2011)

In re Prosecution of James HALL.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 17, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cory L. Carlyle , for James Hall.

Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, with whom Irvin B. Nathan , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Rosalyn Calbert Groce , Deputy Solicitor General, and Janice Y. Sheppard , Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for the District of Columbia.

Anne Y. Park , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III , Assistant United States Attorney, were on the brief, for the United States.

Before BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, THOMPSON, and OBERLY, Associate Judges.

OBERLY, Associate Judge:

We are asked to decide whether the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia ("USAO") or the Office of the Attorney General of the District of Columbia ("OAG") is the proper prosecutor for the possession of unregistered firearms and unlawful possession of ammunition. Congress has divided prosecutorial authority between the two offices; "roughly speaking," it has assigned "minor crimes" to the OAG and more "serious matters...

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