GANT v. UNITED STATES

No. 1082.

83 A.2d 439 (1951)

GANT v. UNITED STATES.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided September 20, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert I. Miller, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William Bryant, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C. (George Morris Fay, U. S. Atty., and J. Warren Wilson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Joseph M. Howard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and CLAGETT, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant was originally charged with assault with a dangerous weapon but the charge was reduced to simple assault and she was found guilty by a jury.

The complaining witness testified that after an argument in a kitchen appellant picked up a paring knife and stabbed her five times around the upper part of her body. She also testified that she made no attack on appellant and had no weapon of any kind.

Appellant's testimony was...

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