United States v. Smith

PRYOR, Senior Judge:

This appeal presents the issue of the constitutionality of the District of Columbia stalking statute. A grand jury indicted ap-pellee Loretta Smith on various charges, including two counts of misdemeanor stalking in violation of D.C.Code § 22-504(b) (1996 Supp.). The trial court dismissed the stalking counts nearly in their entirety based on its interpretation of the statute and its finding that part of the statute was unconstitutional. The government filed an interlocutory appeal challenging this ruling. We reverse and hold that the stalking statute is not…