United States v. Earl Cook

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury on each of two counts of violation of the District of Columbia Code. One charged appellant with an assault on Willie Pel-zer with a dangerous weapon, an offense punishable by Section 22-502. 1 The other charged him with mayhem on Pelzer and maliciously disfiguring him, a crime for which Section 22-506 sets the penalty. 2 The Government’s evidence showed that appellant threw lye on Pel-zer, burning his eyes and other parts of his body. The jury, under instructions not here in issue, rejected appellant’s claim that he…