Legal Opinion
Dunn v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 23, 2009No. 08-CM-920PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OBERLY, Associate Judge:
Matthew Dunn was convicted of assault in violation of D.C.Code § 22-404 (2001) for shoving a private security officer at an animal rights protest. Dunn appeals, arguing that (1) there was insufficient evidence that he intentionally shoved the officer; (2) the trial judge erroneously convicted Dunn based on the judge’s view that a political protester has the propensity to commit assault; and (3) his assault, if any, was de minimis. We affirm.
I. Facts and Procedural History
This is what happened. On February 22, 2008, Matthew Dunn, Adam Ortberg, and Franklin Wade went to…
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