ARMFIELD v. U.S.

No. 01-CM-274.

811 A.2d 792 (2002)

Ben W. ARMFIELD, Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben W. Armfield, pro se.

Michael C. Liebman, Assistant United States Attorney, for appellee. Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Luis A. Lopez, Siu P. Wong, and Melinda J. Foster, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before TERRY and STEADMAN, Associate Judges, and NEBEKER, Senior Judge.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant Ben Armfield was convicted of disrupting the House of Representatives, in violation of D.C.Code § 9-112(b)(4) (1995).1 On appeal he contends (1) that the statute is unconstitutional as applied to him because it violates his right to free speech and to petition the government under the First Amendment; (2) that the statute is unconstitutional because it violates his right to equal protection and due...

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