Brown v. United States

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant, a juvenile, was convicted in the Criminal Division of the Superior Court of robbery 1 and assault with a dangerous weapon. 2 He claims the procedure used by the United States Attorney in charging him as an adult denied him due process of law. Finding this contention unpersuasive, we affirm the judgments.

Appellant was sixteen years of age when arrested, with his father, on charges stemming from a robbery and stabbing. Shortly after his arrest he was the subject of a delinquency petition filed by the Corporation Counsel in the Family Division of the trial court.…