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BLOCH v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 03-CT-680.

863 A.2d 845 (2004)

Andrew E. BLOCH, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 30, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew E. Bloch, pro se.

Sidney R. Bixler, Assistant Attorney General for the District of Columbia, with whom Robert J. Spagnoletti, Attorney General, Edward E. Schwab, Deputy Attorney General, and Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Supervisory Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellee.*

Lisa H. Schertler, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney, were on the brief, for Amicus Curiae the United States.**

Arthur B. Spitzer, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae The American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area.

Before SCHWELB and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges, and NEWMAN, Senior Judge.

NEWMAN, Senior Judge:

Bloch appeals his conviction for crossing a police-line in the vicinity of the White House in violation of 24 DCMR § 2100.3 (2003) ("the police-line regulation"). He argues that the government's use of a police-line in this case prevented him from exercising his First Amendment right to expressive activity. We conclude that the prosecution failed to present competent and admissible evidence sufficient to meet the "time, place, and manner...

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