Hallmon v. United States

TERRY, Associate Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant was convicted of threats to do bodily harm, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-507 (1996). The government’s evidence showed that appellant was arrested for traffic violations after a high-speed chase in which he drove his car through a residential area for several blocks at a speed of almost ninety miles an hour. At the scene of the arrest, he said that if he were released from his handcuffs, he would “kick [a police officer’s] ass.” Later, at the police station, he declared that when he got out of jail, he would “come back and kill” the officer…