Boertje v. United States

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of unlawful entry 1 for having refused to leave the White House grounds when directed to do so by a person in lawful authority. On appeal he argues that he was engaging in symbolic speech at the White House and that the government failed to prove an additional specific factor establishing his lack of a legal right to remain there. He also contends that the trial court denied him the right to make an opening statement and to present an effective defense, and that the court erred in refusing to ask certain questions of the venire during the voir…