Jenkins v. United States

TERRY, Senior Judge:

After a non-jury trial, appellant was convicted on two counts of misdemeanor sexual abuse, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-3006 (2001). Appellant argues that the trial judge, by assuming the victim’s testimony to be truthful, violated his right as a criminal defendant to be presumed innocent. He also contends that the two acts of abuse for which he was convicted constituted only one offense, and thus he claims that he was convicted twice for the same conduct in violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Constitution. Appellant’s first contention has no merit, and because…