Reynolds v. District of Columbia

REILLY, Senior Judge:

In an appeal from a conviction for operating a motor vehicle after his driver’s license had been suspended, D.C.Code § 40-302(e) (1990), we are urged to reverse appellant’s conviction on the ground that the regulation on which the suspension was based violated the Fifth Amendment right of the licensee to due process of law, or because his subsequent prosecution for driving was improper as the District was aware from court records that the reason advanced for suspension had turned out to be groundless. We think it unnecessary to reach the constitutional question, for the…