UNITED STATES v. THOMPSON

Nos. 9296, 9298.

347 A.2d 581 (1975)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Ivan C. THOMPSON and Gerald E. Thompson, Appellees. UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. James R. McCLOUD and Leon G. Joyner, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan B. Marks, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Nicholas Gilman, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellant.

Michael L. Rankin, Washington, D. C., for appellee Ivan C. Thompson.

Thomas W. Farquhar, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, for appellees in No. 9298.

Before KELLY, KERN and GALLAGHER, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

In this appeal the government questions the dismissal by the trial court of counts in two indictments1 charging appellees with violations of D.C.Code 1973, § 22-505(a). Section 22-505(a) provides:

Whoever without justifiable and excusable cause, assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any officer or member of any police force operating...

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