Legal Opinion
United States v. Mourad
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 15, 2002No. 00-2456PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
Defendant-appellant Alphonse Mourad was convicted of criminal contempt for violating a court order. He appeals this conviction, claiming that the order was void and that his violation of it was not willful. Because we find that the order was not “transparently invalid,” was in effect on the date of its transgression, and was willfully violated, we affirm the appellant’s conviction.
I
Alphonse Mourad was the president, sole shareholder, and director of V & M Management, Inc. (“V & M”), which owned a low-income apartment complex in Rox-bury, Massachusetts. On January 8, 1996, Mourad filed for…
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