IN RE RICHARDSON

No. 20-CM-241.

273 A.3d 342 (2022)

IN RE Willie RICHARDSON, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Annamaria Kimball , appointed by this court, for appellant. Christine Pembroke was on the brief for appellant.

Caroline Tan for appellee. Janice Y. Sheppard , Assistant Attorney General, Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Loren L. AliKhan , Solicitor General at the time, Caroline S. Van Zile , Principal Deputy Solicitor General, and Ashwin P. Phatak , Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief for appellee.

Before Glickman, Easterly, and Deahl, Associate Judges.


Willie Richardson was convicted of four counts of contempt for violating a temporary protection order (TPO). The TPO directed Richardson not to contact his ex-girlfriend, Michelle Hargrove, and he was found guilty of contempt for each of four Facebook messages he sent to Hargrove over the course of a single day. On appeal...

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