UNITED STATES v. COOPER

Nos. 85-5577(L), 85-5578.

800 F.2d 412 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Mundell COOPER, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lawrence WILLIAMS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Curcio, Alexandria, Va., for appellant Mundell Cooper.

James C. Clark, Alexandria, Va., for appellant Lawrence Williams.

Constance Frogale, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Justin W. Williams, U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., on brief) for appellee.

Before ERVIN and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge.


ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

Mundell Cooper and Lawrence Williams appeal their convictions on assault charges, arising out of an altercation at the Lorton Reformatory in Lorton, Virginia, a Washington, D.C. facility. Cooper and Williams were inmates at Lorton. They each were convicted of assaulting Alton Johnson, another inmate, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(a) and 2 (1982). Cooper also was convicted of assaulting Shelton Madison, a Washington, D.C. correctional...

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