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FOSTER v. U.S.

No. 95-CM-1283.

699 A.2d 1113 (1997)

Kenneth L. FOSTER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 31, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia Goode, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, and Samia Fam and Gretchen Franklin, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Rachel Adelman-Pierson, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher and Elizabeth Trosman, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN, STEADMAN and REID, Associate Judges.

REID, Associate Judge.

After a bench trial, appellant Kenneth L. Foster was convicted of willfully failing to appear in court, in violation of D.C.Code § 23-1327(a) (1996) (Bail Reform Act ("BRA")).1 He filed this appeal contending that (1) the trial court erred in applying a negligence standard to determine willfulness under the BRA; and (2) there was insufficient evidence to support his...

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