Legal Opinion
Douglas v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 13, 1985No. 82-1048PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
Appellant challenges a trial court order of January 25, 1982, denying his pretrial motion to dismiss the indictment on grounds of double jeopardy. During the first trial before Judge Hannon in September 1981, appellant’s retained counsel, Gerald Kane, received a letter from the Office of Bar Counsel informing Kane that appellant had filed a complaint against him and that Bar Counsel, accordingly, was opening an inquiry into Kane’s conduct. Appellant had lodged his complaint with Bar Counsel several weeks before trial. It alleged that Kane had not made a sufficient…
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