Legal Opinion
United States v. Alvin Stotts
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 9, 1997No. 95-5699PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MURNAGHAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge LUTTIG and Senior Judge BLACK concurred.
OPINION
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
A federal jury convicted Defendant-Appellant Alvin Stotts of assaulting a correctional officer, in violation of D.C.Code Ann. § 22-505(a) (1996). Stotts appeals his conviction on the ground that the district court erred when it refused to give the self-defense jury instruction that Stotts requested. He also appeals his sentence on the ground that the district court erred when it granted the government’s motion for a two-level upward…
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