ROSS v. LAWSON

No. 12767.

395 A.2d 54 (1978)

George W. ROSS, Jr., Appellant, v. Joseph LAWSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 16, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley A. Camhi, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Howard J. McGrath, Camp Springs, Md., for appellee.

Before YEAGLEY and FERREN, Associate Judges, and HOOD, Chief Judge, Retired.


HOOD, Chief Judge, Retired:

Joseph Lawson, appellee, shot George Ross, appellant, several times with a .22 caliber revolver, and was found guilty by a jury of assault with a dangerous weapon, a felony.1 At trial, Lawson admitted shooting Ross but claimed to have acted in self-defense. On appeal to this court, we affirmed his conviction.2

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