Ziegler v. District of Columbia

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted of violation of a traffic regulation which requires that “An operator shall, when operating a vehicle, give his full time and attention to the operation of the same,” 1 and was sentenced to serve ten days in jail but execution of the sentence was suspended on appellant’s promise under oath not to repeat the offense.

The government has moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that no valid sentence has been imposed from which an appeal may be taken. Its position is that, in the absence of statutory authority, the trial court has no authority to…