Legal Opinion

Rodgers v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided April 21, 1972No. 5856PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOOD, Chief Judge:

In a concurrent trial before a judge and jury, the judge found appellant guilty of disorderly conduct, 1 and the jury found him guilty of destruction of property 2 but ac quitted him of assault. 3 Appellant makes a feeble attack on the destruction of properly conviction, but we find no merit in it. His attack on the disorderly conviction requires more consideration.

Appellant was arrested following a series of incidents which occurred in and around the Crampton Auditorium on the Howard University campus. On that night a blues concert was being held in the auditorium outside…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Coates v. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Gooding v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Dormu v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
  2. Foster v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
  3. Gueory v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. Chemalali v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
  5. In re M.W.G.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981

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