FOREMAN v. U.S.

No. 92-CF-1303.

633 A.2d 792 (1993)

Steven D. FOREMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 18, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Shorter, Jr., Washington, DC, for appellant.

D. Shane Read, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom J. Ramsey Johnson, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Hibarger, and Roy W. McLeese, III, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

In this appeal from his convictions for several counts of assault, including assault with a dangerous weapon (D.C. Code § 22-502 (1989)), and related offenses, appellant makes only one argument requiring extended discussion.1 He contends that the trial judge's modification of the standard jury instruction explaining the concept of "reasonable doubt" was constitutional error and reversible despite his failure...

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