Harris v. District of Columbia

HOOD, Chief Judge.

Appellant was found guilty of vagrancy under Code 1961, 22-3302(8), which deems as a vagrant:

“(8) Any person who wanders about the streets at late or unusual hours of the night without any visible or lawful business and not giving a good account of himself.”

Appellant’s claim of error is essentially that the evidence did not support the finding of guilt, and consideration of this claim requires recitation at some length of the testimony of the two police officers. Appellant did not take the stand and offered no evidence on her behalf.

Officer Johns testified that on June 13 at…