Mack v. United States

FISHER, Associate Judge:

On November 30, 2006, appellant Horry Mack stabbed Joseph David Price with an ice pick, inflicting injuries from which Price later died. Appellant claimed at trial that he acted in self-defense, and the jury acquitted him of second degree murder while armed, manslaughter while armed, and possession of a dangerous weapon with intent to use it unlawfully against another (PPW (b)).1 He now challenges his conviction for carrying a dangerous weapon (CDW),2 asserting that the jury instructions misconstrued the statute and that convicting him of CDW under these circumstances…