VAUGHN v. U.S.

Nos. 11-CF-228, 11-CF-363.

93 A.3d 1237 (2014)

Alonzo R. VAUGHN and Carl S. Morton, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 3, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cory L. Carlyle for appellant Alonzo R. Vaughn.

Amanda R. Grier , Washington, DC, with whom Saul M. Pilchen was on the brief, for appellant Carl S. Morton.

Peter S. Smith , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, Roy W. McLeese III , Assistant United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, Chrisellen R. Kolb , Mary Chris Dobbie , and Reagan Taylor , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GLICKMAN and EASTERLY, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


Easterly, Associate Judge:

Carl Morton and Alonzo Vaughn appeal their convictions for aggravated assault (D.C.Code § 22-404.01 (2012 Repl.)) and assault on a law enforcement officer (D.C.Code § 22-405(c) (2012 Repl.)). Both were charged in connection with an incident at the D.C. Jail in which a group of men attacked a fellow inmate, Deon Spencer, and a corrections officer who came to that inmate's aid, Sergeant Charles White. The victims could not identify...

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