CHARLES E. WILKINS v. UNITED STATES.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Associate Judge:
A jury convicted appellant Charles Wilkins of violating the Bail Reform Act (the “BRA”) by willfully failing to appear for sentencing. 1 He argues that the trial court erred by not giving his proposed theory-of-the-case jury instruction and that the record contained insufficient evidence of willfulness to support the conviction. We affirm.
I. Background
On Wednesday, February 19, 2014, appellant appeared in Superior Court for proceedings related to two misdemeanor criminal cases. Appellant signed two notices, one for each case, acknowledging that he was required to…
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