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IN RE ROBERTSON

Nos. 00-FM-925, 04-FM-1269.

940 A.2d 1050 (2008)

In re John ROBERTSON, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 24, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Richard Goebes, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, and Jaclyn S. Frankfurt, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Janice Y. Sheppard, Assistant Attorney General, District of Columbia, with whom Robert J. Spagnoletti, Attorney General at the time, Linda Singer, Acting Attorney General at the time, and Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellee.

Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III, Assistant United States Attorney, filed a brief at the request of the court.

Joan S. Meier filed a brief for Amici Curiae Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project (DV LEAP), AYUDA, Break the Cycle, D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and Women Empowered Against Violence (WEAVE), in support of appellee.

Before FARRELL and REID, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.

REID, Associate Judge:

Appellant, John Robertson, appeals from the trial court's denial of his motion to vacate his criminal contempt convictions (Appeal No. 04-FM-1269). He essentially contends that (1) the trial court violated his due process rights by failing to vacate his contempt conviction in light of his plea agreement with the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia ("United States Attorney's Office"); and (2) the trial court erred by...

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