United States v. William Brown

The majority opinion reaches the conclusion that the D.C.Code provisions on bail pending appeal do not apply to one convicted of a D.C.Code offense in the United States District Court (which at that time had original jurisdiction to try D.C.Code offenses) because “On April 24, 1972, some six months after U. S. v. Thompson was issued, the Supreme Court adopted amendments to Fed.R. App.P. 9, and F.R.Crim.P. 46,1 providing, that motions for release pending appeal in all federal courts should be deter*1320mined in accordance with the Federal Bail Reform Act of 1966.” Supra at 2.

This was adopted as a…