District of Columbia Code Division II. Judiciary and Judicial Procedure § 11-301. Jurisdiction of appeals from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

(1) with respect to violations of criminal laws of the United States which are not applicable exclusively to the District of Columbia if a petition for the allowance of an appeal from that judgment is filed within ten days after its entry; or

(2) entered before the effective date of the District of Columbia Court Reorganization Act of 1970 in any other case if a petition for the allowance of an appeal from that judgment is filed within ten days after its entry.