Legal Opinion
Pitt-Bey v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 14, 2008No. 04-CT-1063PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
Eric Pitt-Bey appeals his conviction of failure to obey the lawful order of a police ofScer, claiming he was immune from prosecution in the Superior Court and that he was forced to testify at trial. We conclude that the trial court had jurisdiction over appellant, but we agree with appellant that, if he was compelled to testify, his conviction must be reversed. On the existing record, however, we cannot determine whether appellant’s testimony was, in fact, compelled and not the result of his own decision to take the stand. Therefore, we remand the case for further…
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