Legal Opinion
Speight v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 28, 1989No. 85-385PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
Under District of Columbia law dealing with pretrial release and detention, a person convicted of committing a crime while on pretrial release is subject to an enhanced sentence. D.C.Code § 23-1328 (1989 Repl.). The issue before this en banc court is whether the due process clause forbids applying this provision in a case where the government shows simply the fact of the defendant’s pretrial release status. We hold that the due process clause requires no more.
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Appellant Freeman Speight, Jr., was arrested on January 16, 1984, for the felony offense of carrying a…
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