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MATTER OF NEAL

No. 82-1399.

475 A.2d 390 (1984)

In the Matter of Jerry NEAL.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn E. Knierim, Jr., Silver Spring, Md., appointed by this court, was on the brief for appellant.

Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, Michael W. Farrell, Judith Hetherton, James F. Rutherford, and Daniel M. Cisin, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before KERN and BELSON, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of criminal contempt pursuant to D.C.Code § 11-944 (1981)1 after he refused to obey a trial court order directing him to answer questions as a witness before a grand jury investigating a robbery. The court sentenced him to a term of imprisonment of from 16 to 48 months. Appellant argues on appeal (1) that the court order was void because it infringed...

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