District of Columbia, December, 2003, State Case law

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State Courts - District of Columbia - December 16 - December 23, 2003

Bryan v. United States, No. 03-CO-819, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, December 16, 2003, Filed
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Cannon v. United States, No. 00-CF-811, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, December 18, 2003, Decided
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Overview: An officer who searched a car to convert a cell phone to his own use was guilty of theft; the theft conviction automatically precluded a conviction for receiving stolen property, so acquittal on that charge was not an inconsistent verdict.

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In re King, No. 02-BG-1155, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, December 18, 2003, Decided
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Overview: The public censure of the attorney was proper where he was reprimanded by the State of Utah for professional conduct violations and he did not take exception to the Board on Professional Responsibility's recommendation.

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In re Powers, No. 01-BG-36, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, December 18, 2003, Decided
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Overview: An attorney who was suspended from the practice of law in Maryland was subjected to identical reciprocal discipline in the District of Columbia, as the attorney filed no opposition and made no effort to rebut the presumption of reciprocal discipline.

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In re Zackey, No. 01-BG-1387, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, December 18, 2003, Decided
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Overview: The court's order to disbar the attorney in the District of Columbia was proper where reciprocal discipline was to be imposed because the attorney did not demonstrate that one of the exceptions to the relevant attorney discipline rule applied.

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Makins v. District of Columbia, No. 02-SP-241, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, December 18, 2003, Decided
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Overview: A finding in favor of the client was proper where the court was unwilling to extend the power of settlement by way of apparent authority to attorneys who attended settlement negotiations under order of the court when their client was not present.

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United States v. Cuffey, Criminal No. F-3044-97, SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CRIMINAL DIVISION, December 23, 2003, Decided
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Overview: Inmate was not entitled to postconviction testing of DNA samples where he could not show any probability new testing would produce evidence to help show his innocence of crime charged. And, as the government noted, such testing and analysis had already been performed, and directly, and explicitly, refuted inmate's theory another committed crime.

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