Johnson v. United States

REILLY, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from a conviction for assaulting a correctional officer. 1 Appellant was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to a prison term of three to nine years to run consecutively with any other sentence being served. This sentence, in excess of the normal maximum of five years, was imposed on the basis of an information filed by the Government 2 stating that the defendant had two previous felony convictions. 3

At the time of the alleged assault appellant, an inmate at Lorton, was at the District of Columbia Jail awaiting a medical examination. During the course of…