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   State Courts - District of Columbia - May 3, 2007

  
Anderson v. D.C. Hous. Auth., No. 05-CV-275, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 3, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Trial court properly granted summary judgment to housing authority on tenant's claim that the tenant should have been granted entire rent abatement court awarded instead of awarding most of it to housing authority who provided the funds; those funds were public funds earmarked to help low income tenants rather than provide tenant with a windfall.

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Andrews v. United States, No. 02-CF-1043, No. 02-CF-1048, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 3, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Appellate court affirmed first defendant's convictions, as those convictions did not violate Second Amendment right to bear arms, as that amendment guaranteed collective, rather than individual, right; however, second defendant's convictions related to date of murder were reversed and new trial was required since rule of completeness was violated.

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Edwards v. United States, No. 02-CF-1068, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 3, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Admission of post-Miranda "masked man" account, which was virtually identical to pre-warning statement, was erroneous; given limited evidence contradicting self-defense theory other than defendant's erroneously admitted statement, there was a reasonable probability statement and prosecutor's arguments based on it contributed to murder conviction.

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Howard v. United States, No. 05-CM-221, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 3, 2007, Decided, May 3, 2007, Filed
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Howard v. United States, No. 05-CM-221, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 3, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Fact defendant was flagging and waving down cars in high crime area and quickly walked away from officer, and discovery of ziplock bags where defendant was standing provided probable cause to arrest and search defendant. Admission of chemist's analysis and results without chemist's testimony violated right to confrontation under Sixth Amendment.

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Riley v. United States, Nos. 98-CF-1045, 98-CF-1169, and 98-CF-1218, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 3, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Filing of complaint to obtain arrest warrant did not give rise to Sixth Amendment right to counsel. Defendant did not invoke Fifth Amendment right to counsel by indicating he did not want to make statement without a lawyer. Defendants' rights to confrontation were not violated by admission of co-defendants' confessions that were properly redacted.

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Wash. Gas Energy Servs., Petitioner v. D.C. PSC, Nos. 06-AA-1145, 06-AA-1218, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 3, 2007, Decided
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Overview: D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 15, § 1301.1, a revenue-based formula for reimbursement that assessed unregulated suppliers for their portion of the Public Service Commission's budget in the same manner as regulated utilities under D.C. Code § 34-912, was not arbitrary or capricious. There was reason not to use a cost-based distinction.

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Wilson Courts Tenants Ass'n, Appellant v. 523-525 Mellon St., LLC, No. 06-CV-259, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 3, 2007, Decided
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Overview: Judgment was vacated as when tenants' association received notice of owner's sale to purchaser, it held conditional option to purchase property, which was not extinguished upon sale as purchaser had constructive knowledge of tenants' rights under Rental Housing and Sale Conversion Act of 1980. Association was entitled to enforce its rights.

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Wright v. D.C. Dep't of Empl. Servs., No. 05-AA-764, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, May 3, 2007, Decided
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Overview: An employee's emotional distress injury was deemed to be more akin to a tort or other statutory wrong and not covered by the District of Columbia Workers' Compensation Act of 1979, D.C. Code § 32-1501 et seq. This conclusion was not unreasonable or arbitrary. The claim stemmed from a single conversation with a supervisor about overtime pay.

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