SHARPS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 20-CO-554 & 20-CO-608.

246 A.3d 1141 (2021)

Gregory D. SHARPS and Landrell L. Jordan, Jr., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 11, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carrie Weletz , for appellant Sharps.

Mikel-Meredith Weidman , Public Defender Service, with whom Samia Fam and Jaclyn Frankfurt , Public Defender Service, were on the briefs, for appellant Jordan and for Public Defender Service, amicus curiae, in support of appellant Sharps.

Mark Hobel , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael R. Sherwin , Acting United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman , Elizabeth H. Danello , Felice Roggen , John P. Mannarino , Amy Zubrensky , and Kathleen Kern , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the briefs, for appellee.

Dissenting opinion by Associate Judge Beckwith at page 1160.


Gregory Sharps and Landrell Jordan appeal orders in their separate criminal cases denying their motions for release from pretrial detention. We consolidated the appeals because they present identical legal challenges to the emergency authority exercised by the Chief Judge of the Superior Court under D.C. Code § 11...

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