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IN RE JONES

No. 01-FM-1462.

898 A.2d 916 (2006)

In re Maurice JONES, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 11, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Patrick F. Linehan, with whom Sandra F. Palmer, Washington, DC, and Laurie S. Kohn, pro bono counsel, Georgetown University Law Center Domestic Violence Clinic, were on the brief, for appellee Wanda Clark.

Before REID and FISHER, Associate Judges, and FERREN, Senior Judge.

FERREN, Senior Judge:

This is an appeal from an adjudication of criminal contempt for violation of a civil protection order (CPO). Because neither the terms of the CPO nor the trial court gave sufficient notice to appellant, Maurice Jones, about how to conduct himself in the courtroom, where literal compliance with the CPO was impossible, we must reverse and remand for entry of a judgment of acquittal.

I.

In February 2001, appellee Wanda Clark filed...

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