Sobin v. District of Columbia

TERRY, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a conviction on two counts of maintaining a public hall without a license (D.C.Code § 47-2820 (1981)) and two counts of operating a business without a certificate of occupancy (11 DCMR § 8104.1 (1982)). Appellant was sentenced to thirty days in jail on each count, plus a $500 fine; the jail sentences were ordered to run concurrently. 1

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Early in 1981 the police conducted an undercover investigation of the Playground Swing Club at 36 N Street, S.E. The club was operated by appellant and owned by RPE Associates, Inc., of which appellant was…