REIGLE v. UNITED STATES

No. 3325.

194 A.2d 660 (1963)

Vincent E. REIGLE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 4, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diana K. Powell, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

R. Daniel Devlin, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and William C. Weitzel, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.


MYERS, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the charge of simple assault. D.C.Code 1961, § 22-504.1

Upon appeal, he complains that the verdict was wrong in that the evidence failed to show unlawful intent or that his actions went beyond the scope of validly exercised parental authority.

The question whether the altercation on a public street between appellant and his 19-year-old son was merely a family...

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