Glymph v. United States

TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of simple assault, 1 a lesser included offense of assault with a dangerous weapon, 2 for which he was indicted. 3 On appeal he contends that the trial court erred in instructing the jury on simple assault as a lesser included offense, over his objection, and that the prosecutor engaged in misconduct during the voir dire of the jury and in her closing argument. We disagree with both contentions and affirm the conviction.

I

Gloria Simmons had been appellant’s girl friend for fourteen years. One evening in December 1982, as she was about to enter her…