Legal Opinion
Clotterbuck v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 9, 1983No. 83-170PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
This is a pretrial bail appeal brought pursuant to D.C.Code § 23-1324(b) (1981). It presents for the first time the question whether, in light of the new commissioner system in the Superior Court, judges of that court retain plenary power over pretrial bail in cases brought before them for further proceedings after presentment to the commissioner. We hold that while subsequent bail matters may be brought before the commissioners, the trial court judges possess authority to take action modifying or revoking pretrial bail.
The accused was presented before a commissioner…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Javan P. Shackleford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Robert A. Grimes v. United States of America, Roy T. Gaskin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Peter ZuccaroCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Jones v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- Leon Salley and Grady Salley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
3Cited by10 opinions
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- Kleinbart v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- Matter of RosenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- District of Columbia v. EckDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
- Kwakye v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
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