Cohoon v. United States

On December 13, 1976, appellant was found guilty of mayhem and malicious disfigurement (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-506), and cruelty to children (id. § 22-901). He was subsequently sentenced to concurrent terms of three to nine years on the charge of mayhem and malicious disfigurement, and one year on the charge of cruelty to children. This appeal followed.

Appellant argues that certain assertions and questions by the prosecutor were improper. Finding no judicial error, we affirm.

The evidence adduced at trial established that on March 7, 1975, appellant’s seven-month-old son was being cared for by…