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SHIEL v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 83-1222 to 83-1224.

515 A.2d 405 (1986)

John SHIEL, Robinson Jones, and John Francis, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nina Kraut, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant Shiel.

J.E. McNeil, Washington, D.C., for appellant Jones. Appointed by the court for appellant Francis.

John M. Facciola, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell and Richard A. Kaplan, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and BELSON, Associate Judge, and REILLY, Senior Judge.

BELSON, Associate Judge:

Appellants seek reversal of their convictions for unlawful entry1 of the United States Capitol on the basis of their right of free speech, necessity, their good faith reasonable belief in a right to remain, and prosecutorial selectivity, vindictiveness, and misconduct. We reject their arguments, and affirm.

At approximately 1:25 p.m. on January 25, 1983, a large...

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