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McPHAUL v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-492.

452 A.2d 371 (1982)

Roosevelt McPHAUL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 29, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Franklin Burgess, Jr., Public Defender Service, with whom William J. Mertens, Public Defender Service, was on the briefs, for appellant. Silas J. Wasserstrom, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Anita J. Stephens, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., at the time the case was argued, and Constance L. Belfiore, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KELLY and PRYOR, Associate Judges.

PRYOR, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of assault with a dangerous weapon, D.C.Code 1981, § 22-502, and later sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not less than two nor more than six years. He urges that his conviction be reversed because the trial judge erroneously declined to give a requested instruction regarding nondeadly force on the question of self-defense. He also argues that, even if the...

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