Legal Opinion

Antonin M. Washington v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided April 25, 2019No. 17-CO-1056PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Thompson, Associate Judge:

Through legislation enacted in 2014, the Council of the District of Columbia (the "Council") "decriminalized the possession of ... marijuana for personal use." In *866 2015, the Council enacted legislation entitled "Record Sealing for Decriminalized and Legalized Offenses Act of 2014," codified as D.C. Code § 16-803.02 (2017).

In 1983, appellant, Antonin Washington, was charged with two counts of possession of marijuana and two counts of possession of phencyclidine (PCP). Mr. Washington pled guilty to one count of possession of PCP; Superior Court records indicate that…

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