BATTLE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 83-1555, 84-39 and 84-760.

515 A.2d 1120 (1986)

Ernesto BATTLE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Jose DIAZ, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Luis RODRIGUEZ, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Teel, Washington, D.C., for appellant Battle.

Robert Weiner, Washington, D.C., for appellant Diaz.

Warner W. Gardner, with whom Richard M. Wyner, Washington, D.C., was on brief for appellant Rodriguez.

T. Mark Flanagan, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Steven C. Tabackman, and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief for appellee.

Before NEBEKER and NEWMAN, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Senior Judge.


NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

To resolve this appeal, we must decide four issues of first impression with this court: (1) can a conviction under D.C. Code § 22-503 (1981) for assault with intent to commit another offense be based upon an intent to commit the other offense against another person; (2) does the extortion statute of the District of Columbia, D.C. Code § 22-2306 (1981), apply to a communication originating outside the District of Columbia but transmitted...

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