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TAYLOR v. UNITED STATES

No. 2943.

180 A.2d 847 (1962)

Winfield E. TAYLOR, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 11, 1962.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Bryant, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Abbott A. Leban, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Nathan J. Paulson and Dennis D. Duffy, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, QUINN, Associate Judge, and MYERS, Associate Judge of The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, sitting by designation.

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant and his two companions were charged by information with simple assault on a member of the Metropolitan Police Department. The basis of appellant's defense was the illegality of his arrest. In substance, he claimed that he had committed no offense justifying the arrest and therefore he had a right to resist the officer with reasonable force. At the conclusion of the evidence, the jury found appellant guilty and acquitted his companions...

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