VASS v. U.S.

No. 01-CM-1556.

852 A.2d 44 (2004)

Raynard VAAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene K. Ohm, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellant.

Leah L. Belaire, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher and Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before SCHWELB, RUIZ, and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.


WASHINGTON, Associate Judge:

Appellant Raynard Vaas ("Vaas") was convicted of criminal contempt1 for violating the stay-away condition of his pre-trial release. On appeal, Vaas contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. Specifically, Vaas argues that the order was ambiguous because it failed to clearly define the area from which he was ordered to stay away, and thus, he could not have willingly violated the...

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