Legal Opinion
Ellison v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 29, 2007No. 05-CF-375PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Senior Judge:
The sole question presented on this appeal is whether Steven V. Ellison’s two convictions for misdemeanor sexual abuse, one based on his vaginal intercourse with then eleven-year-old Q.M., and the second based on attempted anal intercourse a short time later, merge. We hold that they do not, and we affirm both convictions. 1
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The principal prosecution witness at Ellison’s non-jury trial was Q.M., the complainant. Q.M. testified that on March 17, 2003, at about 2:30 a.m., Ellison and a companion named Larry came over to the apartment at which Q.M. lived with her…
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