Legal Opinion
Gathy v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 1, 2000No. 97-CF-1962PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge.
Appellant was convicted of aggravated assault while armed, in violation of D.C.Code §§ 22-504.1 and 22-3202 (1996), 1 for breaking a beer bottle on the face of a bouncer at a local night club. In his opening brief on appeal, he challenged his conviction on three separate grounds. He claimed that the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on the definition of the phrase “serious bodily injury,” as used in the aggravated assault statute, section 22-504.1,rendered the statute unconstitutionally void for vagueness. He also contended that the aggravated assault statute…
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