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MATTER OF KIRK

Nos. 79-530, 79-543.

413 A.2d 928 (1980)

In the Matter of Jefferson KIRK, Appellant. In the Matter of Van JOHNSON, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Greenspan, Silver Spring, Md., appointed by the court, for appellant Kirk.

William F. X. Becker, Rockville, Md., appointed by the court, for appellant Johnson.

Benjamin B. Sendor, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Carl S. Rauh, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry, Michael W. Farrell and Richard C. Otto, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KERN, NEBEKER and PRYOR, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

These appeals evolve from adjudications of contempt, D.C.Code 1973, § 11-944, by the trial court for failure of appellants to obey subpoenas to reappear as witnesses in a criminal prosecution. Challenge is directed to the fact that the subpoenas were served by an attorney and also to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the findings. We affirm.

Appellants Kirk and Johnson appeared in court without process as prospective witnesses for...

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