Legal Opinion

Scott J. Myerson v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided August 28, 2014No. 12-CM-1642PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:

Appellant Scott Myerson was convicted of misdemeanor assault on a police officer

(“APO”). 1 On appeal, appellant argues that the criminal information should have been dismissed because: (1) the APO statute, as applied to him, exceeds the Council of the District of Columbia’s (“Council”) authority under the Home Rule Act; 2 and (2) the government’s failure to timely present a witness at trial violated his Sixth Amendment rights. 3 We affirm.

I. Factual Background

On March 25, 2012, at approximately 3:00 p.m., United States Park Police Officers Michael Blake and…

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