ARSHACK v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 6882, 6883.

321 A.2d 845 (1974)

Alice J. ARSHACK, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Louis M. BRADFORD et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Bass, III, Reston, Va., for appellants, and appointed by this court for appellant in No. 6882.

Gregory C. Brady, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Peter K. Mair, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KERN, GALLAGHER and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.


GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

These appellants were found guilty after trial by jury of willfully and knowingly obstructing and impeding passage within the United States Capitol building.1 Each was sentenced to a fine of $125.00 or thirty days incarceration. They appeal and make four principal assignments of error: (1) their conduct was within the protection of the First Amendment; (2) it was error for the trial court to fail to instruct...

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