JACKSON v. U.S.

No. 99-CM-575.

819 A.2d 963 (2003)

Ronald S. JACKSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauckland A. Nicholas for appellant.

David B. Goodhand, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese III, and Kimberley S. Knowles, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before SCHWELB and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges, and FERREN, Senior Judge.


WASHINGTON, Associate J.

The questions presented in this case are: (1) whether a co-owner of property can be found guilty of malicious destruction of that property and (2) if yes, whether there was sufficient evidence presented in this case to find appellant guilty of destruction of property. While this court has not previously ruled on the first issue, we now hold that a co-owner of property may be found criminally liable for the destruction of that property. We...

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