MATTER OF M.W.G.

No. 79-934.

427 A.2d 440 (1981)

In the Matter of M.W.G., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Worshtil, Hyattsville, Md., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Richard B. Nettler, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., with whom Judith W. Rogers, Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY and NEBEKER, Associate Judges, and BOWERS, Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia.


KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was adjudicated a delinquent for having used "obscene and indecent words . . . under circumstances such that a breach of the peace might be occasioned thereby" in violation of D.C. Code 1973, § 22-1107, and for assaulting a police officer in violation of D.C. Code 1973, § 22-505(a). He appeals his delinquency adjudication on the grounds that (1) his words did not constitute a violation of the breach of the peace statute...

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