Legal Opinion
Grant v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 12, 1999No. 96-CO-988, 97-CO-988PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
Gregory Grant appeals two criminal contempt convictions for violating conditions of his pretrial release that he refrain from all illegal drug use and submit to drug testing twice a week. Grant challenges the sufficiency of proof of criminal contempt, arguing that there was no evidence that his actions caused an obstruction of the orderly administration of justice or were “willful disobedience” of a court order. Grant also argues that because of his heroin addiction, he did not willfully violate the conditions of his release. We find that Grant misconceives the…
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