Landrum v. United States

HITZ, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal by a police officer of the District of Columbia convicted of assaulting a prisoner while arresting him in the city of Washington.

The appellant, Landrum, was indicted jointly with Sirola, another police officer, in an indictment of two counts charging assault with a dangerous weapon; the weapon being a wooden club charged in the first count as being held and wielded by Landrum, and in the second count by Sirola.

At the conclusion of all the evidence the district attorney elected to stand on the first count, whereupon the court directed a verdict for the…