Legal Opinion
United States v. Akers
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 2, 1977No. 10451PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
Appellees are charged with assault on three police officers in violation of D.C.Code 1973, § 22-505(a). The government appeals from a pretrial order directing the suppression of the officers’ testimony at trial unless the prosecution turns over to appellees certain documents contained in the “personnel files” of the three officers.
The genesis of this appeal was appellees’ pretrial motion for discovery and inspection of (1) all complaints alleging misconduct against these police officers, (2) any Police Department Forms 99 filed with respect to the officers, and (3)…
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