BUCHANAN v. U.S.

No. 07-CM-393.

32 A.3d 990 (2011)

Antwan BUCHANAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 8, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica Brand , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein , Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellant.

Bridget Fitzpatrick , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Channing D. Phillips , Acting United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, Roy W. McLeese III , and Sean Tonolli , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before OBERLY, Associate Judge, RUIZ, Associate Judge, Retired, and FARRELL, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Following a bench trial, appellant was found guilty of simple assault. Contrary to his first argument on appeal, the evidence was sufficient to support a finding beyond a reasonable doubt that he assaulted the victim, Lieutenant Wilkins of the Metropolitan Police Department. Appellant also contends, however, that the judge as trier of fact made no unambiguous finding that he had the intent, required for assault by our decisions, to use force against the...

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