Legal Opinion
In Re Warner
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 10, 2006No. 04-FM-175PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REID, Associate Judge:
Following a bench trial, appellant David Warner was found guilty of a single count of criminal contempt for failure to comply with a court order to pay child support, in violation of D.C.Code § 46-225.02 (2001).1 He contends that the presumption of willfulness created by D.C.Code § 46-225.02 violates the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. He also maintains that there was insufficient evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to find him guilty of criminal contempt. We hold that D.C.Code § 46-225.02 does not unconstitutionally…
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