Legal Opinion
Gant v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 20, 1986No. 84-1495PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Associate Judge:
Appellant Ondrae Gant was convicted by a jury of rape, D.C. Code § 22-2801 (1981), carnal knowledge, id., and enticing a minor child, id., § 22-3501(b). A new trial was granted based on the prosecutor’s improper impeachment of Gant. Gant then moved to dismiss the indictment because of prosecu-torial vindictiveness and double jeopardy. The motion was denied, and Gant appealed; this court affirmed the denial on double jeopardy grounds, but deferred, as premature, a decision on the issue of prosecutorial vindictiveness. Gant v. United States, 467 A.2d 968 (D.C.1983),…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by19 opinions
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