Legal Opinion
Vest v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 6, 2003No. 00-CF-205PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
Appellant pled guilty to contempt, D.C.Code § ll-944(a) (2001), based on his disobedience of an order entered by then-Magistrate Judge Macaluso requiring him, as a condition of pretrial release, to stay away from a specific block of Southeast Washington, D.C. His primary argument on appeal1 is that violation of a condition of release set by a Superior Court magistrate judge (formerly known as a “hearing commissioner”) is not a crime punishable under § ll-944(a). We reject that argument.
Pretrial release (or detention) in criminal cases is governed generally by Title 23 of the District of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Carey v. Crane Service Co., Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Caldwell v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
- Veney v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- United Mine Workers of America v. Cecil D. Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, Carbon Fuel Co., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Canada v. Management Partnership, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
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