Legal Opinion
In Re Jones
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 11, 2006No. 01-FM-1462PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Senior Judge:
This is an- appeal from an adjudication of criminal contempt for violation of a civil protection order (CPO). Because neither the terms of the CPO nor the trial court gave sufficient notice to appellant, Maurice Jones, about how to conduct himself in the courtroom, where literal compliance with the CPO was impossible, we must reverse and remand for entry of a judgment of acquittal.
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In February 2001, appellee Wanda Clark filed a petition for a CPO in the Superior Court, alleging that Jones, the father of one of her children, had committed acts of violence against her in…
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