Joan S. Meier , Director, Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, and Elizabeth S. Liu , Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, filed a brief on behalf of amici curiae Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project, Ayuda, Break the Cycle, D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment, Women Empowered Against Violence, Catherine F. Klein , Margaret Martin Barry , and Lisa Vollendorf Martin , Families and the Law Clinic, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America.
Before BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge, REID, Associate Judge, Retired, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
PER CURIAM:
At the conclusion of a non-jury trial, appellant was convicted of violating a civil protection order ("CPO"),1 simple assault,2 and destruction of property.3 He challenges his conviction for violating the CPO, arguing that it infringed the Double Jeopardy Clause,4 and also that the trial court erroneously rejected a defense that the complainant...
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