Legal Opinion
Shepherd v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 10, 2006No. 04-CM-51PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
Stuart Shepherd appeals his conviction of attempted cruelty to animals, D.C.Code §§ 22-1001, -1803 (2001), for insufficiency of the evidence; and his conviction on two counts of assault, D.C.Code § 22-404 (2001), on the theory that the Bias-Related Crimes Statute, D.C.Code §§ 22-3701, - 3703 (2001), under which he was charged violates the First Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Constitution. We reject both challenges and affirm.
This case involves an unprovoked assault on two women, as they and a neighbor were walking their dogs near the intersection of Wallach…
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