BISHOP v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 18564, 19078.

349 F.2d 220 (1965)

Melvin B. BISHOP, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Patrick H. Corcoran, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, submitted on the brief for appellee in No. 19078.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge, and BASTIAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, through retained counsel, appealed his conviction on a guilty plea to a charge of assaulting a former girl friend with a dangerous weapon, D.C. CODE § 22-502. He claimed that because the alleged assault was perpetrated with a caustic acid, the indictment should have been brought for mayhem. D.C.Code § 22-506. At a hearing on the Government's motion to dismiss this appeal, a pro se paper in the nature of a motion

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