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DOBY v. U.S.

No. 84-1655.

550 A.2d 919 (1988)

Charles L. DOBY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. McGuire, appointed by this court, for appellant.

W. Mark Nebeker, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell and Sharon M. Collins, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and MACK and TERRY, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was charged with assault1 and possession of a prohibited weapon (PPW).2 A jury found him guilty of PPW but acquitted him of assault. He contends on appeal that the trial court erred in refusing to give a jury instruction on defense of property. We disagree and affirm.

One morning in June 1984, appellant, Glenn Good, James Barnes, and Anthony Tatum gathered to play cards...

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