JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 6352.

298 A.2d 516 (1972)

Henry B. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger C. Simmons, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, with whom Harold F. Baker, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Lawrence T. Bennett, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Lawrence P. Lataif, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KELLY and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.


REILLY, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from a conviction for assaulting a correctional officer.1 Appellant was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to a prison term of three to nine years to run consecutively with any other sentence being served. This sentence, in excess of the normal maximum of five years, was imposed on the basis of an information filed by the Government2 stating that the defendant had two...

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