Levengard v. District of Columbia

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant, the owner of a rooming house, was convicted by the court below sitting without a jury of failing to correct violations of the District of Columbia Housing Regulations within the time ordered by the Department of Licenses and Inspections (Department). 1 He was sentenced to pay a fine of $300 or, in default thereof, to serve ten days in jail. 2 The execution of such sentence to the extent of $150 of the fine was suspended by the trial court on condition that the offense not he repeated.

Appellant contends that the trial court erred in concluding that the…