Legal Opinion

Brown v. States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided November 2, 1995No. 94-CO-1553PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEADMAN, Associate Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether at a show cause hearing held beyond the end of an original probationary term, the trial court retains jurisdiction to revoke probation on the basis of a criminal offense committed within the probationary term but subsequent to the issuance of the show cause order and which therefore was not listed in the show cause order. We affirm the trial court’s ruling that it retained jurisdiction.

Brown pled guilty to two misdemeanor offenses on August 14, 1992. The trial judge suspended imposition of sentence and placed Brown on two years’…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Cooper v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946
  2. Dent v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
  3. Sumpter v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
  4. Neal v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
  5. Belcher v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. In re D.L.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2006
  2. In Re DLDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2006

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