Johnson v. District of Columbia

CAYTON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted under the Vagrancy Statute, D.C.Code 1961, § 22-3302 (1), (3) and (8) and has appealed. She challenges the constitutionality of the statute on eleven grounds which we need not detail here, in view of the disposition we are making of the appeal. But we note that six of such arguments were disapproved in Ricks v. United States, D.C.App., 228 A.2d 316 (1967). These matters were fully explored at the trial, and have been carefully briefed by assigned counsel who has brought the case here for review. However, we do not reach these questions because our study…