How do judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is presidential appointment.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals / Joined 1977 / Former Judge

Stephanie Duncan-Peters

Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Stephanie Duncan-Peters was a Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 1977. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1977 · 49 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1977	District of Columbia Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Duncan-Peters authored 1 published opinion for the court (2005). Most cited: Metts v. United States (21 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 1 of these was attributed to Duncan-Peters by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2005	Metts v. United States†	877 A.2d 113	21

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is presidential appointment.
Which court was Stephanie Duncan-Peters on?: Stephanie Duncan-Peters was a Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

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49 years on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).