COCHRANE v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 3718.

213 A.2d 826 (1965)

Louise B. COCHRANE, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 25, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Laughlin, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Ted D. Kuemmerling, Asst. Corporation Counsel, with whom Chester H. Gray, Corporation Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Chief Judge.

On September 18, 1964, appellant was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct. After posting at the police precinct $100 collateral to be forfeited, she was released. On February 9, 1965, appellant filed a motion asking that the forfeiture be set aside and that she be granted a trial on the merits of the charge. The motion was denied on the ground that it was not timely filed under the trial court's Criminal Rule 3(d), which provides: "(d) Setting...

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