PELOTE v. District of Columbia

Appellant was convicted on one count each of fleeing from a law enforcement officer 1 and reckless driving. 2 He received consecutive prison sentences of 28 months for the flight conviction and three months for reckless driving, to be followed by three years of supervised release. He contends that (1) the District of Columbia lacked authority to prosecute the flight charge; (2) the trial court committed reversible error by denying his motion for a mistrial and allowing the trial to proceed once the jury had heard that appellant was under surveillance for criminal activity not at issue in this…