Legal Opinion
United States v. Oliver
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 29, 1972No. 6440PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEBEKER, Associate Judge:
This appeal by the Government 1 is from an order suppressing implements of crime (D.C.Code 1967, § 22-3601) and a narcotic drug (D.C.Code 1967, § 33-402). After granting the pretrial motion to suppress (the issue to be discussed last), the trial court denied the Government’s request for a continuance to permit an appeal from the suppression order, and sua sponte dismissed the information for want of prosecution. We are asked to reverse both the dismissal and the suppression orders; and we do.
Appellee seeks to sustain the dismissal order as a reasonable exercise of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Charles D. Long v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Miller A. Dixon v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by6 opinions
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