Legal Opinion
Hemmati v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 26, 1989No. 87-909PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellant Hemmati was convicted of unlawful entry, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-3102 (1989), for having refused to leave the office of a United States Senator at the direction of the Senator’s administrative assistant. On appeal he offers several challenges to his arrest and conviction; we reject them all and affirm the judgment of the trial court.
I
Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia has a suite of offices in the Hart Senate Office Building. On the morning of April 1, 1987, appellant Hemmati entered the front office reception area and presented himself to one of…
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