WILLIAMS v. U.S.

Nos. 87-788, 87-1006.

576 A.2d 1339 (1990)

Anthony T. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura L. Rose, Criminal Justice Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center, for appellant.

Sharon M. Collins, 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 John R. Fisher, Helen M. Bollwerk, and Richard L. Edwards, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and FERREN, Associate Judges.


FERREN, Associate Judge:

Appellant—on trial for violating the Bail Reform Act (BRA), D.C.Code § 23-1327 (1989)—was found guilty of criminal contempt for arriving in court one hour and fifty minutes late for the second day of this trial.1 Appellant contends there was insufficient evidence to support the court's finding that he willfully disregarded his duty to appear on time. Because the basis for the trial court's ruling...

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