Legal Opinion
Benoit O. Brookens, II v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 5, 2018No. 12-CM-1807 & 13-CO-937PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Easterly, Associate Judge:
Over thirty years ago, in 1986, appellant Benoit Brookens was found guilty of criminal contempt based on his unauthorized practice of law and was permanently enjoined from engaging in specified activities. In 2011, he was charged with nineteen counts of criminal contempt for violating the 1986 injunction and was ultimately convicted on four counts. We now reverse. Two of the four contempt counts are barred by the three-year catchall statute of limitations set forth in D.C. Code § 23-113 (a)(5), which we now hold applies to criminal contempt charges brought under D.C.…
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