District of Columbia v. Dixon

CAYTON, Judge.

In this case, which involved two traffic violations, the District of Columbia appeals from a finding of “not guilty,” entered after the prosecutor had asked for a continuance and been refused, and had then announced his intention to enter nolle prosequis. The two cases had earlier been continued three times at the request of defendant, three times by mutual consent, and once at the request of the prosecution. On March 31, 1966, the prosecutor asked for a further continuance on the ground that one of two policemen had become ill and had gone home with a temperature of 101…