SPARKS v. UNITED STATES

No. 9510.

358 A.2d 307 (1976)

Robert D. SPARKS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Schulze, Washington. D. C., for appellant.

Bernard J. Panetta II, Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee. Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Henry H. Kennedy, Jr., and Mary H. Weiss, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before KELLY, FICKLING and HARRIS, Associate Judges.


FICKLING, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted after a trial by jury of assault in violation of D.C.Code 1973, § 22-504, and placed on supervised probation for one year. The issue presented on appeal is whether the trial judge erred by requiring a jury trial of appellant's case after appellant's request for a nonjury trial had been previously granted. We reverse.

The assault for which appellant was convicted occurred on March 19, 1974. Formal charges...

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