· 8/22/1983
Dent v. District of Columbia
Citations
- 465 A.2d 841
- 1983 D.C. App. LEXIS 457
How courts have described this case
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- holding that issuance of an order to show cause satisfied this requirement
- a show cause order extends the probationary term if it “put[s] the probationer on notice that probable cause exists for revocation of probation”
- issuance of rule to show cause sufficient to toll expiration of probation
- periodic formal extensions by the trial court kept probation alive
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Judges: Kern, Belson, Reilly
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