Legal Opinion
United States v. Tucker
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 29, 1979No. 79-30PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
The United States, as a statutory appellant, seeks review of an order of the Criminal Division of the Superior Court granting appellee’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction and transferring the case to the Family Division pursuant to D.C.Code 1973, § 16-2302(a).1 We affirm.
Appellee was arrested on July 4, 1978, and was charged by information with unlawful possession of a narcotic drug, hashish, in violation of D.C.Code 1973, § 33-402. Because appellee’s eighteenth birthday occurred on July 5, 1978, he moved to dismiss the information asserting that at the time of…
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