District of Columbia v. Buckley

STEPHENS, Associate Justice:

By an information, No. 484,036, filed in the Police Court of the District of Columbia on July 22, 1940, the appellee was charged with operating a motor vehicle in the District of Columbia on July 21 while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, in violation of an act of Congress constituting a law of the District of Columbia.1 For *18convenience this charge will hereafter be described as driving while intoxicated. The appellee pleaded not guilty and demanded a jury trial, but a nolle prosequi was entered in open court on January 13, 1941.2 By a second information,…