Legal Opinion
Matter of Evans
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 8, 1980No. 12852, 79-197PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from two criminal contempt convictions in which appellant Paul G. Evans, a District of Columbia lawyer, was fined, in the first proceeding, $500 for contempt arising from failure to appear in three court-appointed cases, and, in the second conviction, $400 for failure to pay the $500 fine. On appeal, Evans seeks reversal of both convictions on the ground that they were obtained in violation of his right to a jury trial under D.C.Code 1973, § 16-705(b). He also contends that the second conviction should be reversed on the additional grounds that the…
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