Bedney v. United States

Appellant was convicted by a jury of armed assault with intent to kill, D.C.Code § 22-502, -3202 (1981), and carrying a pistol without a license, id. § 22-8204. In challenging the convictions, she contends, inter alia, that the trial court’s instructions to the jury were inadequate and that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction of assault with intent to kill. 1 We affirm.

According to the evidence presented by the government, the armed assault for which appellant was convicted was the culminating event in a quarrel between appellant and another woman, Lenora Cole, which had…