Jean-Baptiste Bado v. US (en banc)

As my colleagues have made clear in their competing opinions in this case, our attempt to reconcile the Supreme Court's decisions in Baldwin v. New York , 399 U.S. 66 , 90 S.Ct. 1886 , 26 L.Ed.2d 437 (1970), and Blanton v. City of N. Las Vegas , 489 U.S. 538 , 109 S.Ct. 1289 , 103 L.Ed.2d 550 (1989), with the D.C. Misdemeanor Streamlining Act, see Omnibus Criminal Justice Reform Act of 1994, D.C. Law § 10-151, 41 D.C. Reg. 2608 (effective Aug. 20, 1994), has resulted in a decision where two individuals charged with the same misdemeanor crime in the District of Columbia enjoy very different…