MATTER OF EVANS

Nos. 12852, 79-197.

411 A.2d 984 (1980)

In the Matter of Paul G. EVANS, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 8, 1980.

Rehearing En Banc Denied March 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Evans, pro se.

Mark J. Biros, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time brief was filed, and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.


GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from two criminal contempt convictions in which appellant Paul G. Evans, a District of Columbia lawyer, was fined, in the first proceeding, $500 for contempt arising from failure to appear in three court-appointed cases, and, in the second conviction, $400 for failure to pay the $500 fine. On appeal, Evans seeks reversal of both convictions on the ground that they were obtained in violation of his right to a jury trial...

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