Budoo v. United States

REID, Associate Judge.

After a jury trial in mid-December 1993, appellant Arlin J. Budoo was convicted of criminal contempt, in violation of D.C.Code § 11-944 (1995 Repl.). He was a witness to a murder and refused to testify against those charged with the murder. He was sentenced under the Youth Rehabilitation Act to incarceration for a period of twenty to sixty months. Budoo filed a timely appeal. We affirm.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

On July 22, 1992, Budoo was a passenger in a car whose other occupants were Monte Glen, 1 Sean Branch, Isaiah Taylor, and Michael Douglas. When Glen became aware that…