CHEEKS v. U.S.

No. 16-CF-184.

168 A.3d 691 (2017)

Darren CHEEKS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 7, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stefanie Schneider , Public Defender Service, with whom Samia Fam and Alice Wang , Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Jennifer B. Loeb , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Channing D. Phillips , United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman , Alicia Long , and Rizwan Qureshi , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Opinion for the court by Glickman, Associate Judge, dissenting in part, at page 701,


The jury at appellant Darren Cheeks's trial acquitted him of assault with significant bodily injury (ASBI) while armed, but — after having asked the court to clarify the application of its instruction on aiding and abetting liability — found Cheeks guilty of the lesser-included offense of unarmed ASBI. Mr...

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