District of Columbia v. M. E. H.

312 A.2d 561 (1973)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant,

v.

M. E. H., Appellee.

No. 6439.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued July 2, 1973.

Decided November 28, 1973.

As Amended December 5, 1973.

Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom C. Francis Murphy, Corp. Counsel, and David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mervin Cherrin, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KELLY, FICKLING, KERN, GALLAGHER, NEBEKER, PAIR, YEAGLEY and HARRIS, Associate Judges, sitting en banc.

PAIR, Associate Judge:

This…