Legal Opinion
De Veau v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 3, 1982No. 82-1022, 82-1091PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
In these consolidated appeals, the court must address the constitutionality of ordered pretrial detention of defendants charged with first-degree murder.1 These appellants challenge the constitutionality and the legality of the enactment of an amendment to D.C.Code 1981, § 23-1325(a), as amended, passed as emergency legislation by the Council of the District of Columbia on July 6, 1982.2 Appellants’ challenge focuses on section 4(b) of the legislation that modified § 1325(a) by making pretrial detention without bail applicable to “a person who is charged with murder…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by25 opinions
- United States v. Grant C. Affleck, United States of America v. Frank Kowalik, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- Kleinbart v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Lynch v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- McPherson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- Saunders v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
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