JONES v. U.S.

No. 15-CM-822.

172 A.3d 888 (2017)

Elaine JONES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rupa Ranga Puttagunta , was on the brief for appellant.

Channing D. Phillips , United States Attorney, at the time the brief was filed, and Elizabeth Trosman , Michael J. Christin , and Lauren R. Bates , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before Glickman and Easterly, Associate Judges, and Pryor, Senior Judge.


In September 2013, appellant Elaine Jones was homeless and slept at night in a cardboard box on the floor of a Metro train station. On one such evening, a man who had camped next to her objected to her presence and, after kicking her, extended his feet onto her box and refused to remove them. Hoping to induce him to withdraw...

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