Jaclyn S. Frankfurt , with whom James Klein was on the brief, on behalf of the Public Defender Service as amicus curiae, in support of appellant.
Joan S. Meier was on the brief for amici curiae, Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project (DV LEAP), Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment (SAFE), AYUDA, D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence (DCCADV), George Washington University Law Professor Laurie Kohn, and Catholic University Law Professor Catherine Klein, in support of appellee.
Before THOMPSON and EASTERLY, Associate Judges, and NEBEKER, Senior Judge.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
EASTERLY, Associate Judge:
At the time this case was litigated, it was understood to be lawful in the District of Columbia for an individual, acting in his or her personal interest, to prosecute another individual for criminal contempt based on an alleged violation of an intrafamily Civil Protection Order ("CPO"). And because a private party could prosecute alleged CPO violations on his or her own initiative, such prosecutions...
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