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WILLIAMS v. U.S.

No. 12-CM-474.

90 A.3d 1124 (2014)

Shirley WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 15, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Rigat , Torrington, CT, for appellant.

Trevor N. McFadden , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, Elizabeth Trosman , and John P. Mannarino , Assistant United States Attorneys were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BECKWITH and EASTERLY, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

BELSON, Senior Judge:

Appellant Shirley Williams was convicted after a bench trial of attempted unlawful possession of a prohibited weapon.1 She contends on appeal that the evidence was insufficient to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that she was not acting in self-defense. We agree and reverse her conviction.

I.

On September 29, 2011, Ms. Williams left her two children in the care of the children's paternal grandparents...

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