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PITT-BEY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 04-CT-1063.

942 A.2d 1132 (2008)

Eric M. PITT-BEY, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 14, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric M. Pitt-Bey, pro se.

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

Before RUIZ, Associate Judge, and KERN and SCHWELB, Senior Judges.

RUIZ, Associate Judge:

Eric Pitt-Bey appeals his conviction of failure to obey the lawful order of a police officer, claiming he was immune from prosecution in the Superior Court and that he was forced to testify at trial. We conclude that the trial court had jurisdiction over appellant, but we agree with appellant that, if he was compelled to testify, his conviction must be reversed. On the existing record, however, we cannot determine whether appellant's testimony...

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