Hunt v. District of Columbia

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant was charged with vagrancy in violation of Section 22 — 3302 of the District Code. Prior to her trial, the government moved to consolidate the case against appellant with those of two other persons who had been arrested at the same, time and place and were similarly charged.' The motion being granted, a single trial was had on the three informations. Appellant was convicted and here asserts that the trial court erred in consolidating the cases for trial.

Authority for joinder of offenses and defendants in the Criminal Branch of the Municipal Court is outlined by…