ROBINSON v. U.S.

No. 91-CF-701.

649 A.2d 584 (1994)

Troy D. ROBINSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Gray, appointed by this court, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Lori A. Green, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher and Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and James R. Costello, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and STEADMAN and SULLIVAN, Associate Judges.


SULLIVAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was indicted on one count of assault on a police officer ("APO").1 After a jury trial, he was acquitted of APO but convicted of the lesser-included offense of simple assault.2 On appeal, he contends that the trial court's instructions on the elements of the offense of simple assault and appellant's right of self-defense were erroneous. The government concedes error, in part...

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