{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-11-502","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 11-502","heading":"Criminal jurisdiction.","body":"In addition to its jurisdiction as a United States district court and any other jurisdiction conferred on it by law, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia has jurisdiction of the following:\n\n(1)\nAny criminal case begun in the court by the return of an indictment or the filing of an information before the effective date of the District of Columbia Court Reorganization Act of 1970.\n\n(2)\nAny criminal case which is begun in the court by the return of an indictment or the filing of an information during the eighteen-month period beginning on such effective date and which —\n(A)\ninvolves a violation of any one of the following sections of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia”, approved March 3, 1901:\n(i)\nsection 809 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 22-101) [repealed] (relating to abortion),\n(ii)\nsection 803 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 22-401) (relating to assault with intent to kill, rob, rape, or poison),\n(iii)\nsection 823(a) (D.C. Code, sec. 22-801(a)) (relating to burglary in the first degree),\n(iv)\nsection 812 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 22-2001) (relating to kidnaping),\n(v)\nsections 798 through 802 (D.C. Official Code, secs. 22-2101 through 22-2105) (relating to murder and manslaughter),\n(vi)\nsection 808 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 22-4801 [repealed]) (relating to rape),\n(vii)\nsection 810 (D.C. Official Code, sec. 22-2801) (relating to robbery); or\n(B)\ninvolves any other offense under any law applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia which offense is joined in such information or indictment with any of the offenses listed in subparagraph (A).\n\n(3)\nAny offense under any law applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia which offense is joined in the same information or indictment with any Federal offense.","path":["Title 11. Organization and Jurisdiction of the Courts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 5. United States District Court for the District of Columbia.","Subchapter I. Jurisdiction."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/11-502","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"da4cd7d674b02e713fe862fc2c28ef6fc578d6fb53c09e12b7e4d8c4d86371a7","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-11-501","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-11-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}