Legal Opinion
In re Jones
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 13, 2012No. 11-FM-561PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Chief Judge:
Anthony Jones argues that the trial court plainly erred in finding him guilty of criminal contempt for his failure to comply with a Civil Protection Order (“CPO”). Appellant argues that the specific requirement that he abstain from using illegal substances as contained in the CPO was a condition relating only to his ability to have unsupervised visitation with his son, and therefore, his use of drugs generally could not serve as a basis for finding him guilty of criminal contempt. We agree and reverse.
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Appellant and Ms. Leslie Akinola, the mother of his son, were…
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