Hammond v. United States

FICKLING, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from appellant’s jury trial conviction on one count of assault with a dangerous weapon 1 and one count of carrying a dangerous weapon. 2 He was sentenced to prison terms of three-to-nine years for assault with a dangerous weapon and two-to-six years for carrying a dangerous weapon, the sentences to be served consecutively. Appellant asserts that the trial judge erred by (1) refusing to grant appellant’s motion for a mistrial, (2) using words of compulsion in instructing the jury, thereby directing the verdict and depriving appellant of his right to…