Wilson v. United States

REID, Associate Judge.

We are faced with yet another case in which the appellant alleges instructional error because the trial judge failed to define the element of “serious bodily injury” as it appears in our aggravated assault statute, D.C.Code § 22-504.1 (1996); 22-404.01 (2001). 1 Appellant Wesley P. Wilson, Jr. also challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal. We affirm, holding that Mr. Wilson did not properly preserve the instructional error issue; that the trial court did not commit plain error by failing to define “serious bodily injury”; and that the…