United States v. Roy D. Lewis

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from judgments entered on the conviction of appellant on one count of assault with a dangerous weapon and three counts of assaulting a member of the police force with a dangerous weapon. The question raised is whether and to what extent the be*419havior of appellant in resisting arrest permitted the imposition of consecutive sentences.

1. Limitation of Single Punishment for Single Act of Assault

We first consider appellant’s complaint that consecutive sentences, two to six years on each count, were imposed following defendant’s conviction for assault on…