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Riddick v. United States9/12/2002
at the scene not intervened to control her bleeding.
Nor do we think that the trial court erred in denying Teasley's motion for judgment of acquittal based on his assertion that he was acting to defend Rob Lowrey from Davis's attack. The jury was instructed on self-defense and counsel argued that in acting to control Davis, Teasley was trying to defend Lowrey. From the evidence presented, however, including Davis's testimony which recounted Teasley's role in the assault and Officer Paredes's identification of Teasley's voice as the one which had stated "Kill the bitch," the jury could have rejected that defense and reasonably determined that Teasley did not act in the belief that Davis was the aggressor in the altercation with Lowrey or the belief that Lowrey was in serious danger of imminent bodily harm and, thus, had himself a right of self-defense. See Frost v. United States, 618 A.2d 653, 661 (D.C. 1992).
Thus, considering the evidence, as we must, in the light most favorable to the government, we conclude that the trial court did not err in denying either of appellants' motions for judgment of acquittal as there was sufficient evidence presented from which a reasonable mind might fairly infer guilt beyond a reasonable doubt on the charges brought against them.
Affirmed.
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