POTTS v. U.S.

Nos. 05-CM-781, 05-CM-867, 05-CM-928.

919 A.2d 1127 (2007)

Mitchell N. POTTS, Peter J. Perry, and David H. Barrows, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 30, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Dansie, with whom Betty J. Clark was on the brief, for appellant Potts.

William F.X. Becker, was on the brief, Rockville, Maryland, for appellant Perry.

Mark L. Goldstone, was on the brief, Bethesda, Maryland, for appellant Barrows.

Nicholas P. Coleman, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney at the time, and Roy W. McLeese III, Assistant United States Attorney, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GLICKMAN, KRAMER and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges.


GLICKMAN, Associate Judge.

Appellants ask us to reverse their convictions after a bench trial of violating 40 U.S.C. § 6135 by displaying, on the Supreme Court grounds, a banner or device "designed or adapted to bring into public notice a party, organization, or movement." Appellants challenge the jurisdiction of the Superior Court, the Constitutionality of the statute on its face and as applied to them, and the factual findings of the trial court. We reject...

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