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MATTER OF THOMPSON

No. 81-1178.

454 A.2d 1322 (1982)

In the Matter of W. Edward THOMPSON, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 8, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Edward Thompson, pro se.

Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, and Michael W. Farrell and Wendy Bebie, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before MACK and FERREN, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Associate Judge, Retired.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting his conviction for criminal contempt. He claims the evidence does not show beyond a reasonable doubt that he willfully and deliberately failed to appear at a status hearing on July 15, 1981.1 We affirm.

The offense of criminal contempt consists of a willful attempt to show disrespect for the court or to disrupt the proceedings. In re Gorfkle, D.C...

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