Arthur Kinoy v. District of Columbia

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted after a trial without a jury in the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions of disorderly conduct purportedly in violation of 22 D.C.Code § 1107 (1967). His conviction was affirmed by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in a per curi-am opinion and this court granted leave to appeal.

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The charge of disorderly conduct relates to appellant's activities on August 17, 1966, before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Appellant was present in the hearing room that day for the purpose of representing two…