Utah, Alabama, Arkansas, et al., Amici Curiae
Tyler R. Green, Counsel of Record
Utah, Alabama, and Arkansas are joined in this brief by 23 other States. Tyler R. Green has served as Utah’s solicitor general since July 31, 2015. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on May 12, 2017. In 1901, the District of Columbia passed a criminal trespass statute making it a misdemeanor for “any person … without lawful authority” to “enter, or attempt to enter, any … private dwelling … against the will of the lawful occupant.” Since then, Washington, D.C., courts have interpreted the criminal trespass statute to…
