Legal Opinion
In re Taylor
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 1, 2013No. 10-FM-1167PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERLY, Associate Judge:
At the time this case was litigated, it was understood to be lawful in the District of Columbia for an individual, acting in his or her personal interest, to prosecute an*89other individual for criminal contempt based on an alleged violation of an intra-family Civil Protection Order (“CPO”). And because a private party could prosecute alleged CPO violations on his or her own initiative, such prosecutions could be used for private feuds: A defendant in one case could turn the tables on the complainant-prosecutor and retaliate in kind. This case presents just this sort of…
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