Legal Opinion
Coghill v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 29, 2009No. 06-CF-961, 06-CF-990PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Chief Judge:
A jury found co-defendants Shannon Marshall and Darius Coghill each guilty of one count of assaulting, resisting, or interfering with a police officer’s duties, D.C.Code § 22-405(a) (2005), commonly referred to as assaulting a police officer or APO, and also found Marshall guilty of one count of possession of marijuana, D.C.Code § 48-904.1(d). Coghill appeals his APO conviction on the grounds that the government failed to put forth sufficient evidence to support the conviction. Marshall appeals his APO conviction on the grounds that the jury was improperly instructed,…
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