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COOKE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 3713-3715.

213 A.2d 508 (1965)

Earl COOKE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 7, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Hall, Jr., Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Carol Garfiel, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Earl J. Silbert, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.

QUINN, Associate Judge:

In the early morning hours of April 14, 1964, appellant's estranged wife, who was living at the home of her mother, awoke suddenly to find appellant choking her. At her request he released her and allowed her to go upstairs. There she secured a BB gun from her sons' room and attempted to shoot appellant. He seized the weapon from her, pushed her over a bed, and threatened to shoot her. Meanwhile the...

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