JONES v. HARKNESS

No. 95-FM-538.

709 A.2d 722 (1998)

Michael JONES, Appellant, v. Jacqueline HARKNESS, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie Steptoe Lee, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Sidney R. Bixler, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Jo Anne Robinson, Principal Deputy Corporation Counsel, Robert R. Rigsby, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Director, Policy and Appeals Branch, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and TERRY, Associate Judge, and KERN, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM:

On appeal from his conviction on eight counts of criminal contempt for violating a civil protection order, appellant contends: (1) that the trial court erred in finding he had the requisite wrongful intent to violate the order; and (2) that there was insufficient evidence to find that he willfully violated the order. We affirm.

I.

On January 28, 1994, the Superior Court issued a civil protection order ("CPO") ordering appellant to stay...

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