Legal Opinion
Mattis v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 20, 2010No. 09-CM-831PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Associate Judge:
Appellant Darryl Mattis claims that his conviction for assaulting, resisting, or interfering with a police officer (“APO”), in violation of D.C.Code § 22-405(b) (2009 Supp.), must be reversed because an off-duty officer is not protected by the statute when engaged in outside employment. We disagree and affirm.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
On the evening of March 27, 2009, Officer Lloyd Murphy, a member of the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”), was working part-time as a “uniformed officer” at a TGIFridays in the District of Columbia.…
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