Howard v. City of Roanoke

ELDER, Judge.

E. Duane Howard (appellant) appeals from his bench trial conviction for disorderly conduct in violation of the Roanoke City Code, based on his behavior during a city council meeting. On appeal he contends the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction because his “verbal utterances” were expressly excluded from the scope of the ordinance and his disorderly conduct, if any, occurred during a recess. We hold the evidence of appellant’s behavior excluding the content of his utterances was sufficient to support his conviction under the ordinance, and we affirm.

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BACKGROUND

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