Opinion ID: 2287785
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Heading: amended order denying rehearing

Text: It is ORDERED, sua sponte, that this Court's order dated June 22, 1973, denying appellant's petition for rehearing is hereby amended to read as follows: The Court has considered appellant's petition for rehearing. Appellant for the first time raises a question of the constitutionality of D.C.Code 1972 Supp., § 23-111(a) (2) which provides that an information may not be filed under this section if the increased penalty which may be imposed exceeds three years, unless the accused is prosecuted by indictment. However, that provision is not in direct issue here as the maximum punishment which could have been imposed was not in excess of three years. We therefore do not reach that issue. Further, the Supreme Court has on several occasions upheld recidivist statutes against contentions they violate constitutional restrictions. Spencer v. Texas, 385 U.S. 554, 87 S.Ct. 648, 17 L.Ed.2d 606 (1967); Oyler v. Boles, 368 U.S. 448, 82 S.Ct. 501, 7 L.Ed.2d 446 (1962); Chandler v. Fretag, 348 U.S. 3, 75 S.Ct. 1, 99 L.Ed. 4 (1954); Gryger v. Burke, 334 U.S. 728, 68 S.Ct. 1256, 92 L.Ed. 1683 (1948); Carlesi v. New York, 233 U. S. 51, 34 S.Ct. 576, 58 L.Ed. 843 (1914); Graham v. West Virginia, 224 U.S. 616, 32 S.Ct. 583, 56 L.Ed. 917 (1912); McDonald v. Massachusetts, 180 U.S. 311, 21 S.Ct. 389, 45 L.Ed. 542 (1901). Upon consideration of the foregoing, it is ORDERED that appellant's petition for rehearing is denied.