Legal Opinion
Lyles v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 12, 2007No. 03-CM-1401PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Senior Judge:
Appellant Carlos Lyles was convicted at a bench trial of simple assault 1 arising from a domestic dispute. Before the trial began, the trial court orally dismissed the charge but then, later that day, rescinded the dismissal and held the trial. In this appeal, Lyles contends that - the trial court lacked jurisdiction over his case, absent a refiling of charges, because of the oral dismissal. 2 We review questions of subject matter jurisdiction de novo. Heard v. Johnson, 810 A.2d 871, 877 (D.C. 2002). We hold that since the oral dismissal had not yet been entered on the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Smith v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- United States v. Vito Lorusso and Joseph ErranteCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Edward Baker, Ralph Masciola and Dominick DinorscioCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Heard v. JohnsonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
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