Opinion ID: 522855
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The Sign Incident

Text: 3 On March 24, 1987, appellant was in Lafayette Park participating in an on-going, round-the-clock antinuclear demonstration. As part of his participation in the demonstration, he possessed or attended a sign. 36 C.F.R. Sec. 7.96(g)(5)(x)(B)(2) requires that persons with signs in Lafayette Park attend their signs at all times. The regulation defines attend as remaining within at least three feet of the sign. 1 United States Park Police Officer Robert Bradley Hewick arrived on the scene, found the sign unattended, awaited the return of the owner of the sign, and arrested appellant when he returned to claim the sign. While the government's evidence and that of the defense differed as to the details of how far from the sign appellant actually was and when he returned, it is undisputed that he was more than three feet from the sign and remained so for the period of the Officer's observation, thirty seconds to a minute.