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PALACIO-ESCOTO v. U.S.

No. 99-CF-574.

764 A.2d 795 (2001)

Juan PALACIO-ESCOTO, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 4, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan E. Rubens, Reston, VA, filed a brief for appellant.

Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Mary Patrice Brown, Elisa Poteat, and Jacqueline Bussiere Burke, Assistant United States Attorneys, filed a brief for appellee.

Before SCHWELB, RUIZ, and REID, Associate Judges.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

A jury found Juan Palacio-Escoto guilty of one count of aggravated assault while armed and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. The convictions followed the wounding of two young men at a "chiviada," or after-hours drinking club. The defendant stabbed one of the victims, Jose Guandique, in the back of the neck and in several other parts of the body, inflicting serious injuries.1

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