Griffin v. United States

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Each of the appellants was tried on stipulated facts and found guilty of unlawful entry. D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3102. It is alleged on appeal that the motions judge erred in refusing to permit appellants to present their defense of necessity to the jury, and that his denial of appellants’ motion for advisory counsel violated their Sixth Amendment rights, or alternatively, was an abuse of his discretion. Finding no error, we affirm.

I

On February 9, 1980, appellants Griffin, Snyder, McDonald and Rice, with others, entered St. Matthew’s Cathedral, while appellants Hombs, Moss,…