MYERSON v. U.S.

No. 12-CM-1642.

98 A.3d 192 (2014)

Scott J. MYERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 28, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Light , Washington, DC, was on the brief for appellant.

Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, Elizabeth Trosman , Suzanne Grealy Curt , Damien Diggs , and Peter S. Smith , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge, and PRYOR and KING, Senior Judges.


BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:

Appellant Scott Myerson was convicted of misdemeanor assault on a police officer ("APO").1 On appeal, appellant argues that the criminal information should have been dismissed because: (1) the APO statute, as applied to him, exceeds the Council of the District of Columbia's ("Council") authority under the Home Rule Act;2 and (2) the...

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