Sloan v. United States

Appellant was charged in a three-count indictment with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (bottle and corrosive chemical), D.C.Code § 22-502 (1981), and one count of malicious disfigurement while armed, D.C.Code §§ 22-506, -3202 (1981). After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of one count of assault with a dangerous weapon (corrosive chemical), and acquitted on the other charges. Appellant was sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of not less than forty months nor more than ten years, and to make restitution in the amount of $6,000.

Appellant contends that the trial court…