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BOOKER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 5468, 5469.

283 A.2d 446 (1971)

Reginald H. BOOKER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Dennis R. LIVINGSTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 15, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Landon Gerald Dowdey, Washington, D. C., counsel for appellant Booker, with whom Roark M. Reed, Washington, D. C., counsel for appellant Livingston, was on the brief, for appellants.

Stephen W. Grafman, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Michael J. Madigan, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, FICKLING and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.

NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

These consolidated appeals deal with assault convictions arising from appellants' resisting their removal from the District of Columbia City Council chamber after the council chairman had issued an order to clear the chamber because of general public disorder. We hold that there is no right to resist, attack, or resort to self-help in opposing a valid order issued by the council chairman, and we conclude the evidence to be sufficient. The...

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