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MORGAN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 97-CT-1023.

730 A.2d 655 (1999)

Portia MORGAN, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Spekter, Washington, DC, for appellant.

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

Before SCHWELB and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and WASHINGTON, Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

After a bench trial, appellant was found guilty of one count of failing to obey the lawful order of a police officer. 18 DCMR § 2000.2 (1997 Supp.) ("FTO"). The conviction stemmed from her failure to obey the officer's direction to move out of the street after he saw her, "dress[ed] in a fashion consistent with ... ladies of the evening," blocking traffic by standing in the street flagging down cars at an intersection. The trial court...

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