Hargraves v. United States

Having authored what is viewed by some as the leading opinion by this court on the issue of judicial discretion, see Johnson v. United States, 898 A.2d 854 (D.C.1979), and having written often on the issue of our measure of appellate review, see, e.g., Davis v. United States, 564 A.2d 31 (D.C.1989) (en banc); United States v. Felder, 548 A.2d 57 (D.C.1988), and most recently in Porter v. United States, 37 A.3d 251, 268 (D.C.2012) (Newman, J., dissenting), I am constrained to pen a word on the issue of our measure of *949review, in addition to joining the court’s opinion.

The court’s opinion…