THOMAS v. UNITED STATES

No. 1786.

129 A.2d 852 (1957)

Charles Franklin THOMAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 4, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Sures, Washington, D. C., David M. Wortman, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for appellant.

Harold D. Rhynedance, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty. and Lewis Carroll, Forbes W. Blair and Richard J. Snider, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., on the brief, for appellee.

John W. Kern, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).


CAYTON, Acting Judge.

This was a prosecution for an indecent assault upon a police officer. The charge was brought under our assault statute. Code 1951, § 22-504. Defendant waived his right to a jury, and was tried by the court and found guilty. The trial judge imposed no sentence, but took defendant's personal recognizance or bond not to repeat the offense.1 Defendant has brought the case here on appeal.

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