Easter v. District of Columbia

MYERS, Associate Judge.

This appeal stems from appellant’s conviction for public intoxication in violation of 25 D.C.Code 1961, § 128(a). 1 The trial judge found him guilty, sentenced him to serve 90 days in jail and suspended execution thereof. There was no dispute that when arrested appellant was in fact drunk in a public place, as charged, although he entered a plea of not guilty.

Appellant presented proof that he was a chronic alcoholic and that his condition at the time of arrest was the direct result of his addiction. He had, in fact, been consuming alcoholic beverages intemperately for…