BOERTJE v. U.S.

No. 85-1408.

569 A.2d 586 (1989)

Gregory I. BOERTJE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Kathleen A. Brandon, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Mary Ellen Abrecht, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BELSON and TERRY, Associate Judges, and MACK, Associate Judge, Retired.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of unlawful entry1 for having refused to leave the White House grounds when directed to do so by a person in lawful authority. On appeal he argues that he was engaging in symbolic speech at the White House and that the government failed to prove an additional specific factor establishing his lack of a legal right to remain there. He also contends that the trial court denied him the right...

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