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D.C. Court of Appeals rules against convicted peace protestors.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

On July 30, 2009, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled against convicted peace protestors in Tataz, et al. v. D.C.  My brother civil liberties lawyer Mark Goldstone wrote the non-pro-se defendants'-appellants' brief in the appeal.  The three?judge appellate panel in Tataz ?- with Judge Ruiz partially dissenting, in favor of reversing the conviction for unlawful assembly at the Rayburn Building ?- affirmed all convictions of multiple defendants for unlawful assembly in the Capitol Building, at the Hart Senate Office Building and the Rayburn House Office Building, and for crossing police lines after leaving permit-issued protest space outside the Capitol Building.  Judge Ruiz ?- partially dissenting only as to the following count -- found that the D...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on July 31, 2009 (boomark / email).