In Re Dixon

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• determining that it was “essentially frivolous” for appellant to argue that he “did not understand the implications of the CPO when he was personally served with a copy of it” and where “there was no indication that appellant had any difficulty in understanding what it said”
• “[T]his court has routinely recognized out-of-court statements as non-hearsay when they are used to show the effect on the listener and not to prove their truth.”
• “[W]hereas civil contempt is more remedial in nature and requires no finding of intent.”

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Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lewis v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2007-08-23· cited 13×
• Williams v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2012-09-13· cited 10×
• Andre Holmon v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2019-02-28· cited 9×
• In re B.J.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2007-02-15· cited 8×
• Benoit O. Brookens, II v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2018-04-05· cited 7×
• In Re Jones
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2006-05-11· cited 6×
• Joseph Jones v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2014-09-18· cited 3×
• In Re BJ
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2007-02-15
• Francis v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2021-08-12
• In re Timothy Moore
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2022-03-10
• Hinton v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2026-02-19

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bloom v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 1,167×
• Ex Parte Terry
  Supreme Court· 1888-11-12· cited 567×
• Matter of Gorfkle
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-04-06· cited 32×
• Goldsberry v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-10-08· cited 20×
• Jenkins v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1980-05-22· cited 16×
• Perritt v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1994-04-11· cited 15×
• In Re Kraut
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-10-04· cited 12×
• In re L.G.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1994-03-31· cited 6×