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· 6/1/2000

Gathy v. United States

Citations

  • 754 A.2d 912
  • 2000 D.C. App. LEXIS 128
  • 2000 WL 702242

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • upholding a finding of serious bodily injury where the victim stood “a substantial risk of unconsciousness”
  • merging assault with a deadly weapon into aggravated assault while armed
  • “[A] reasonable juror could infer from the nature of [the victim’s] injuries, and from his reaction to them, that the pain was extreme”
  • “protracted and obvious disfigurement” found when victim suffered 48 stitches to the face and a chipped piece of bone in his nose
  • \protracted and obvious disfigurement\ found when victim suffered 48 stitches to the face and a chipped piece of bone in his nose
  • “A crime can only be a lesser-included offense of another if its required proof contains some, but not all, of the elements of the greater offense.”

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Judges: Terry, Schwelb, Farrell

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