In the Matter of Johnson

Predicated on a petition tried in the Juvenile Court, appellant was charged that “on or about October 6, 1967, at about 6:05 P.M., in the 500 block of 9th Street, N.E., within the District of Columbia, without justifiable and excusable cause, did assault, resist, oppose impede and interfere with L. E. Ashburn, knowing him to be a member of the Metropolitan Police Department operating in the District of Columbia, while the said L. E. Ashburn was engaged in the performance of his official duties, contrary to and in violation of 22 D.C.Code 505(a) (1967).”

As a result of a jury verdict appellant…