Legal Opinion
Lennon v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 15, 1999No. 97-CM-1240 and 97-CM-1334PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge.
Appellant was convicted of two counts of failure to appear in court when required, in violation of D.C.Code § 23-1327 (1996), commonly known as the Bail Reform Act (BRA). In these consolidated appeals from the two convictions, appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss one of the counts on the ground that the two charges violated the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment. We agree, and thus we affirm one conviction and reverse the other.
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On July 4, 1996, appellant was charged in a felony complaint with one count of assault…
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