United States DC Circuit

A conviction for criminal contempt is reversed for insufficient evidence, where the government did not introduce competent evidence that defendant refused to testify before the district court grand jury.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/21/2002
• Decided 12/31/2002
• Published 12/31/2002

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, HENDERSON, Circuit Judge, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Neil H. Jaffee, Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for the appellant.  A. J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender, was on brief.


• For Appellees:
  
• Elizabeth H. Danello, Assistant United States Attorney, argued the cause for the appellee.  Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher and Oliver W. McDaniel, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on brief.