Legal Opinion
Adams v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 17, 1989No. 87-549, 87-632 and 87-654PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
This case involves an altercation in which appellants Dent, Chappell and Adams, each armed with a different weapon, 1 beat and injured complainant Herndon. Appellants Dent and Chappell were each convicted of two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed (AWIK) and one count of simple assault. The dual AWIK counts consisted of one count predicated on an aiding and abetting theory (Dent aiding and abetting Chappell’s assault with brass knuckles; Chappell aiding and abetting Dent’s assault with a metal pole), and one count based on the act for which each was the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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