IN RE JACKSON

Nos. 11-FM-1123, 11-FM-1467.

51 A.3d 529 (2012)

In re Kevin V. JACKSON, Appellant, and In re Victor S. Rogers, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Dworsky , for appellant Kevin V. Jackson.

Raymond J. Rigat , for appellant Victor S. Rogers.

Nicholas P. Coleman , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman , Assistant United States Attorney, were on the brief, for appellee.

Jaclyn S. Frankfurt , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein was on the brief for Amicus Curiae Public Defender Service.

Joan S. Meier for Amicus Curiae Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project (DV LEAP).

Irvin B. Nathan , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, Rosalyn Groce, Deputy Solicitor General, Janice Y. Sheppard, Assistant Attorney General, and Janese Bechtol, Chief, Domestic Violence Section, filed a brief for the District of Columbia as Amicus Curiae.

Before GLICKMAN and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges, and REID, Senior Judge.


REID, Senior Judge:

We consolidated and expedited consideration of these appeals because they involve significant prosecutorial and procedural due process issues relating to the enforcement of civil protection orders ("CPO") under the District of Columbia's intrafamily offenses statute, D.C.Code §§ 16-1001, et seq., and because trial court judges have interpreted our case law and the statute in different ways...

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