Arshack v. United States

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

These appellants were found guilty after trial by jury of willfully and knowingly obstructing and impeding passage within the United States Capitol building. 1 Each was sentenced to a fine of $125.00 or thirty days incarceration. They appeal and make four principal assignments of error: (1) their conduct was within the protection of the First Amendment; (2) it was error for the trial court to fail to instruct the jury that it was the judge of the law as well as the facts; (3) the trial court’s instruction on the requisite intent necessary for conviction was…