O'BRYANT v. District of Columbia

(dissenting) :

The effect of the majority opinion is to enlarge the scope of the present appeal to permit appeals from all thirteen traffic convictions when only the conviction for unreasonable speed was properly noted by appellant and thus to establish a precedent for future similar cases. Such an expansion circumvents legislative intent and prior case law and overlooks critical defects in procedure by appellant's own counsel.

Although I agree with my colleagues that the basis for an appeal should not depend upon “inconsequential matters,” I must take issue with their placing the mode and time…