Darweshi McRoy v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Associate Judge:
After a jury trial, appellant Darweshi McRoy was convicted of thirteen counts of first-degree and second-degree child sexual abuse with aggravating circumstances. 1 On appeal, he argues that the trial court should not have allowed the government to “impeach” one of its own witnesses with a videotaped statement. In addition, he contends that the court should have granted a mistrial when a witness revealed that appellant had spent time in jail, and that the evidence was insufficient to support one of his convictions. For the following reasons, we affirm in part and…
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