BURGER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant contends that the District Court erred in failing to give a requested charge on the lesser included offense of simple assault when he was charged with assault with intent to commit robbery. It is conceded that appellant and a companion, one West, accosted Collins, the complaining witness, on a dark street at a late hour and that appellant held Collins while West went through his pockets. West testified and said they had merely stopped...
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