Interesting discussion. On 2021 CF2 3828, there’s a more complete record in a companion traffic case (DUI) — 2021 CTF 003827. The DUI also was dismissed, but not till 3/31/22, which was about 2 weeks after the court and OAG were informed that he was in prison in Pennsylvania. The record isn’t completely clear, but my guess is that’s why the DUI was dismissed. Whether that also played a role in the earlier dismissal of 3828 is unclear. The 3827 record also says (on 10/29/21) that he was being held in District Court on other charges. There is a 2021 federal case against a person with the same name (can’t match for sure because the District Court case (21-cr-00469) doesn’t give birthdate, but the case was filed 7/15/21, the person was being held without bond as of 7/23/21 and the charges were also for drugs and guns). Assuming it’s the same person, I’ve seen other cases where a similar DC charge was dropped after Federal charges were brought;that may be the explanation for that dismissal. He pled guilty to one of the charges in that case and was sentenced to 120 months on 6/17/22; the only record I found in BOP’s lookup, though, was for a person of his name and age who was released on 6/6/22, which is perplexing. The District Court record also does have one of those USAO “Here are all the problems with DC’s Department of Forensics” disclosures, filed 6/16/22, which raises another interesting question. The last document in the District Court’s docket is a “Statement of Reasons,” which isn’t public. I downloaded a number of the main documents, which should make them available to you and others through courtlistener.com .
Interesting discussion. On 2021 CF2 3828, there’s a more complete record in a companion traffic case (DUI) — 2021 CTF 003827. The DUI also was dismissed, but not till 3/31/22, which was about 2 weeks after the court and OAG were informed that he was in prison in Pennsylvania. The record isn’t completely clear, but my guess is that’s why the DUI was dismissed. Whether that also played a role in the earlier dismissal of 3828 is unclear. The 3827 record also says (on 10/29/21) that he was being held in District Court on other charges. There is a 2021 federal case against a person with the same name (can’t match for sure because the District Court case (21-cr-00469) doesn’t give birthdate, but the case was filed 7/15/21, the person was being held without bond as of 7/23/21 and the charges were also for drugs and guns). Assuming it’s the same person, I’ve seen other cases where a similar DC charge was dropped after Federal charges were brought;that may be the explanation for that dismissal. He pled guilty to one of the charges in that case and was sentenced to 120 months on 6/17/22; the only record I found in BOP’s lookup, though, was for a person of his name and age who was released on 6/6/22, which is perplexing. The District Court record also does have one of those USAO “Here are all the problems with DC’s Department of Forensics” disclosures, filed 6/16/22, which raises another interesting question. The last document in the District Court’s docket is a “Statement of Reasons,” which isn’t public. I downloaded a number of the main documents, which should make them available to you and others through courtlistener.com .