District of Columbia, September, 2008, State Case law

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State Courts - District of Columbia - September 11, 2008

Aiken v. United States, Nos. 01-CF-1503, 04-CF-963, 05-CO-505, 05-CO-506, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, September 11, 2008, Decided
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Overview: Where defendant was given use and derivative use immunity under D.C. Code ? 16-1002(c) at a civil protective order (CPO) hearing, counsel was ineffective in not requesting a Kastigar hearing to establish whether government's evidence at defendant's criminal trial was derived from his immunized statements at the CPO hearing.

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Beatty v. United States, No. 04-CF-1489, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, September 11, 2008, Decided
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Overview: Defendant, charged with assaulting girlfriend's estranged husband, unsuccessfully asked court to conduct in camera review of letter denying victim's citizenship request, believing it was relevant to show victim's bias. As victim's citizenship had not been denied because of separation from wife, as defendant believed, letter was not Brady material.

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Chase v. Public Defender Serv., No. 06-CV-1281, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, September 11, 2008, Decided
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Overview: Jurisdiction was lacking over an appeal of a termination of a former employee of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS), since the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act altered the status of the PDS such that the employee was not an employee of the District.

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Clemencia v. Mitchell, No. 06-CV-819, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, September 11, 2008, Decided
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Overview: Even if it was assumed a driver was cooperative, and his attorney's omissions with respect to the verified answer evidenced a misunderstanding of the law that could have been avoided through due diligence of counsel, the driver's counsel's conduct was not so outrageous as not to be imputed to his client under D.C. Super. Ct. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(6).

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Dixon v. D.C. Dep't of Empl. Servs., No. 06-AA-984, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, September 11, 2008, Decided
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Overview: Because D.C. Code Ann. ? 51-119(d) (2001) authorized the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES) to recover unemployment benefits paid to a claimant as an overpayment, the procedure was not unfair; accordingly, there was no abuse of discretion by DOES in doing so.

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In re Beattie, No. 07-BG-197, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, September 11, 2008, Decided
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Overview: Although an attorney did not notify Bar Counsel of a second suspension in Virginia, as required by D.C. Bar R. XI, ? 11(b), the attorney was suspended for six months nunc pro tunc to the date he complied with D.C. Bar R. XI, ? 14(g), followed by a three-year period of unsupervised probation, subject to the conditions imposed by the Virginia court.

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In re Page, No. 08-BG-33, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, September 11, 2008, Filed
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In re Zakroff, No. 05-BG-740, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, September 11, 2008, Filed
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Inyamah v. United States, No. 05-CF-593, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, September 11, 2008, Decided
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Overview: In convicting defendant carrying a pistol without a license in violation of D.C. Code ? 22-4504(a), the jury must have found, at a minimum, that he intentionally possessed the pistol and threw it away; it was immaterial whether it found he had the weapon for the entire duration of the car ride.

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Mason v. United States, No. 06-CO-1592, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS, September 11, 2008, Decided
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Overview: Defendant was judicially estopped from asserting status as alien who should have received D.C. Code ? 16-713 admonishment of immigration consequences of conviction; he stated under oath at plea hearing that he was a United States citizen. Trial court completed D.C. Super. Ct. R. Crim. P. 11 inquiry, and was entitled to rely on that statement.

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