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JONES v. U.S.

No. 85-1272.

555 A.2d 1024 (1989)

Thomas A. JONES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Chaves, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, was on the brief, for appellant.

Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, and Edith S. Marshall, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and REILLY, Senior Judge.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

Claiming that his actual role in a contretemps with the police four and a half years ago was that of a good Samaritan, Thomas A. Jones appeals from his conviction of assaulting and interfering with a police officer (APO) in violation of D.C.Code § 22-505(a) (1981). He contends that the trial judge committed reversible error in refusing to instruct the jury with respect to the circumstances under which an individual has the right to use...

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