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To: theDentist

Actually, DC has its own municipal courts, so I'm not sure why it's a federal case. Maybe the DOJ performs the service that the DA does in most jurisdictions.


16 posted on 06/02/2004 9:58:39 AM PDT by Defiant (Moore-On: That rush of excitement felt by a liberal when America is defeated.)
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To: Defiant
Actually, DC has its own municipal courts, so I'm not sure why it's a federal case. Maybe the DOJ performs the service that the DA does in most jurisdictions.

That's right, the U.S. Attorney's Office in DC is the prosecutor in all municipal court prosecutions.

22 posted on 06/02/2004 10:12:34 AM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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