Legal Opinion
Jones v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 6, 2013No. 12-CM-247PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Associate Judge:
Appellant Elaine Jones challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support her convictions for second-degree cruelty to children and attempted possession of a prohibited weapon — pepper spray (attempted PPW (b)). We affirm the judgment for cruelty, but reverse as to attempted PPW (b) because the government’s evidence was insufficient to prove that pepper spray was an “other dangerous weapon.”
I. Background
On May 7, 2011, appellant and Cerice Allen had an argument over a two-year-old child — Ms. Allen’s daughter and appellant’s granddaughter. When Ms. Allen, who was…
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